2020 has been a very difficult year worldwide, and the experience continues as we write this editorial. The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting restriction worldwide has brought about the best and worst in all of us, including mobilization of public health resources, international cooperation in development of novel vaccines, and an esprit de corps that we can all be "Together Apart." At the same time, fear and uncertainty has stoked already deep racial divisions, as seen by the continued disregard of Black lives and the rise of anti-Asian sentiment as a result of COVID-19 related scape-goating in the United States. However, this syndemic also has a silver lining, as seen by the resultant racial awakenings and uprisings, which bring to light the need for increased awareness of both the recognition of the complexity and heterogeneity of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), as well as the need for solidarity among BIPOC to fight the history of white supremacy, colonialism, and imperialism worldwide.
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