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3. Heart disease and stroke due to the disproportionate amount of liquor stores and fast food
Tue Sep 22, 2015, 01:48 AM
Sep 2015

restaurants in AA and/or poor neighborhoods. High homicides because of a lack of opportunity and too many people being taught in every single way to hate themselves, that they have no value.

To quote Chuck D:

Now let's take a look at that word projects. Another word for experiment. On one side of the street is a church. Across the road is a liquor store. Both of them keeping us poor.

Though I don't necessarily share his sentiment that the church keeps black people poor.

The fact that black HIV numbers are so high and so few of us get treated for HIV when they are so extremely close to finding a cure breaks my fucking heart.

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I read something like this years ago. qwlauren35 Sep 2015 #1
i'm kind of surprised by this but maybe i shouldn't have been JI7 Sep 2015 #2
I read where even BLACK DOCTORS treat black patients worse than white ones Number23 Sep 2015 #4
Not to mention the attitude many doctors can have anyway kjones Sep 2015 #5
Absolutely. It's the most noble profession in the world (imho) but it does inspire alot of arrogance Number23 Sep 2015 #7
Not so noble for many who go into the medical field. randys1 Sep 2015 #14
My father is a primary care physician YoungDemCA Sep 2015 #15
Your father is becoming an antique in that too many new physicians are not randys1 Sep 2015 #16
I'd like to think there are lots of noble professions kjones Sep 2015 #17
That Internalized Hate is no Joke lib87 Sep 2015 #11
Yep. And it touches all of us. Even when you KNOW better. Even when you know it's wrong Number23 Sep 2015 #12
Heart disease and stroke due to the disproportionate amount of liquor stores and fast food Number23 Sep 2015 #3
This is a great post JustAnotherGen Sep 2015 #6
Girl, this is why we have no interest and cannot be bothered. We know what they are about Number23 Sep 2015 #8
If they can't see how innocent an infant is? JustAnotherGen Sep 2015 #9
I was thinking of this study when Julian Bond died, at a rather young age, imo. Starry Messenger Sep 2015 #10
A little kick JustAnotherGen Sep 2015 #13
K & R historylovr Sep 2015 #18
This true and not discussed nearly enough rbrnmw Sep 2015 #19
i never CarlaJonesChicago Oct 2015 #20
Welcome to DU, Carla! Number23 Oct 2015 #21
Thanks CarlaJonesChicago Oct 2015 #22
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