Listen to native New Yorker BranDi Mingo who identifies as Black American and Caribbean American share her experience living in Atlanta, Georgia during the Covid-19 pandemic. She talks about sheltering-at-home with her teenaged son and her mom. Her mom is Black American and her dad is Caribbean American. Her paternal grandparents are from Antigua and St. Marten. Her paternal great-grandparents are from The Dominican Republic. She talks about working in the airlines industry during the pandemic, taking a pay cut for 11 months, and taking a 4-month voluntary leave. She talks about getting Covid-19 and the effects of Long-Covid on her.

BranDi speaks on the social unrest that arose from the opposing messages from the Democrat Atlanta mayor issuing a mask-mandate and the Republican Georgia governor opposing a mask-mandate. She recounts  ...