by Sandy Grande

About Sandy Grande

Sandy Grande (she/her) is Professor of Political Science and Native American and Indigenous Studies with affiliations in American Studies and Philosophy at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of Red Pedagogy: Native American Social and Political Thought and “The Standing Rock Syllabus, Refusing the University.” She is also a founding member of New York Stands for Standing Rock.

Care

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On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. As of the writing of this entry, there are 85.1 million confirmed cases and just over 1.8 million deaths worldwide, with the United States leading in both categories. The economic implications have been equally catastrophic. The US unemployment numbers hover around 12.6 million, with a disproportionate number of women and Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) workers shouldering the downturn. The budget deficit is at an all-time high, and the disruptions to the global supply chain have exacted irreparable damage to small businesses. These nearly unprecedented conditions have exacerbated the already intolerable gross inequities in housing, health care, education, and welfare suffered disproportionately by the Black, Indigenous, Latinx, queer, and disabled communities. The pandemic has laid bare how the valences of care—its allocation, apportionment, and distribution—have always been imbricated with systems of governance and power.