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In reply to the discussion: Blacks have trouble clearing cervical cancer virus [View all]MD20
(123 posts)13. Blacks should be cautious about calls for mass inoculations.
When I noticed this report in the news I thought, Oh, here we go again...another stab at Black people that no one can really prove.
The central theme so prevalent in this type of "research" data is that American blacks are somehow genetically subpar. I cannot accept that premise. Genetic exchanges between Whites and Blacks have taken place for thousands of years but more recently, in the Americas, slavery has played a significant role in gene distribution among the two groups. Pondering that. one wonders what group of Blacks participated in the mentoned HPV study. I would think that, in the present genetic cloud, pure black genes would be hard to find.
Moreover, it has been circulated prominently in scientific circles that people of mixed genetic heritage are genetically stronger than either of the parent groups.
Black people are no more promiscuous than white people. Furthermore, the face of poverty in America in sheer numbers (not statistics) is White. Nevertheless, every negative report about black susceptibility to disease seems strategically issued to keep the White populace in a state of constant alarm concerning Blacks while ignoring the plight of the white poor.
I see cause for alarm because the pharmaceuticals are owned by the 1%. They have no feelings of jingoism or sensitivitiy for any of us and have proven it by allowing clandestine medical experiments to occur with alarmjing frequency throughout our history. Race wasn't an issue in many of the experiments but for some, there was extreme predjudice involved.
This post is NOT meant to be hurtful or harmful to anyone,,, it is just meant to remember the past. We don't want to keep repeating that past!
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Look, it's like thinking if a dog has brown hair, then you know something about it's metabolism.
bemildred
Apr 2012
#17
But two individuals from seperate groups may require different treatments for the same disease.
hack89
Apr 2012
#35
Right, and we've been mixing them all together rapidly for the last 500 years.
bemildred
Apr 2012
#23
There is no evidence that any of those events have impacted the human genome. nt
hack89
Apr 2012
#29
I wouldn't say millions of years, more like about 100 to 50 thousand years ago when humans...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2012
#37