Dr. Rohit Reddy is a fourth year neurology resident at Montefiore Medical Center. He said he was just really happy that Biden won. “As a health care worker, it’s really awesome that someone who actually has a plan about dealing with the pandemic, and actually respects healthcare workers, is actually going to take office next year,” he said.

 

When asked what he thinks Biden will do differently to get a handle on the pandemic, he said, “I think he’s just more prepared. He actually will listen to people like [Dr.] Anthony Fauci when he gives them advice, instead of just dismissing them, and he actually respects the work that healthcare workers and doctors do on the front line.”

 

Reddy added, “That, alone, is enough for me to vote for him, and I did.”

 

Elizabeth Parks is a medical student and she said she agreed with Reddy’s comments.

 

In Williamsbridge Oval Park, there was a sense of calm tranquility as families, kids and residents relaxed in the welcome November sunshine. Park police were seen patrolling in a vehicle around Williamsbridge Oval Park, perhaps anticipating some protests to erupt, but none were witnessed or reported, to our knowledge.

She said people should be given a chance at the beginning and not start blaming everything on the newcomer. “How could it be your fault? You just got here, you know?” she said. “Something was going on before you got here, you know.”

 

She added that if they counted every vote, and people went out and voted and they wanted Trump out, then, that outcome had to be respected. “I feel like we have to respect whoever goes in office,” she said. “I mean, that’s the American way, you know. We have that freedom of right, and, I feel, I’m glad with the results: whoever won, won. [They] counted all the votes, didn’t count them – whoever they say won has won. We had days waiting for this.”

 

The Trump administration assert that, before the pandemic hit, the country had been doing well economically, and that African-Americans were fairing better financially, on average, under the current administration than they had been previously. We asked Tucker if that had been his experience.

 

“No, that did not add right there,” he said. “You know, even before the pandemic, we were still suffering, and the pandemic made it even worse.”

Along Perry Avenue, on Saturday afternoon, one Spanish-speaking painter could be heard through an open window joyfully singing in Spanish to some lively music, as he went about his work.

 

Norwood residents, Ronaldo Arcentales and his dad, Julio Arcentales, are Ecuadorian-American. Ronaldo plays soccer and said his parents named him after Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, the famous Brazilian soccer player.

 

Julio said he was glad that Biden won the 2020 presidential election. “I’m really happy about the victory of Biden,” he said, adding that he thinks once Biden gets into the White House, there will probably be some kind of peace in the country.

 

“I really believe that we need peace in this country right now because everybody was, like, mad – Black people were mad, Indian people were mad, Spanish people were mad,” he said. “This president was trying to get everybody into a fight.”

 

He added, “And, I know that with the help of God, this Mr/President Biden is going to bring back a lot of job opportunities to the United States, as the biggest economy in the whole world, and here, we will live happily and peacefully again with Joe Biden.”