When Allen Hargrove leaves his Brooklyn apartment to get groceries, he does so with an underlying feeling of worry. It's not just the coronavirus pandemic: As a black man, he fears he could draw unwanted attention by wearing a mask in public. "I have a sense of anxiety wearing the mask," said Mr. Hargrove, 33, who described himself as having a "football build," at 220 pounds. "It makes me more aware of how I'm being perceived." Mr. Hargrove is not alone. As the coronavirus continues to spread, infecting and killing African-Americans at disproportionately high rates, black men find themselves facing two concerns: the virus and those who see their covered faces as threatening. In the days since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all Americans to wear a cloth face covering when they leave their homes, black men have expressed concern that following the recommendation could expose them to racial profiling and harassment by the police. A day after the C.D.C.'s announcement on April 3, Aaron Thomas, who lives in Ohio, said on Twitter that he did not feel safe wearing a handkerchief or anything else over his nose and mouth that "isn't clearly a protective mask" because… Read full this story
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