Diseases that mainly affects blacks, and why it's racist BS... and also our fault

[TheGoldCoast]

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[Blackking]

Now there will be a pie in the face challenge trending.. ..instead of ice water. it will probably be for
Huntington's disease.





It is much more common in people of Western European descent than in those of Asian or African ancestry

 

[MikelArteta]

Real shyt I just got finished making a facebook statement about this. Black folks giving thousands of dollars for shyt that black people don't even suffer from. Im gonna do a ice bucket challenge calling out all of the black celebs to donate to help diseases that affect their own people

black folks do have als its just not a high percent

hell 2 former black nflers oj brigance and steve smith have als

 

[Benjamin Sisko]

Real shyt I just got finished making a facebook statement about this. Black folks giving thousands of dollars for shyt that black people don't even suffer from. Im gonna do a ice bucket challenge calling out all of the black celebs to donate to help diseases that affect their own people

Let's see where that will get you

 

[Blackking]

Even if can't tolerate church... that's a good place to network to speak on how we kill ourselves... and on creating healthier homes for children.. ... a couple small changes could end certain things like asthma epidemics in certain communities

 

[Blackking]

black folks do have als its just not a high percent

hell 2 former black nflers oj brigance and steve smith have als

Do you have an opinion on these things that plague us? On community consciousness about eating? On racist economicpolitical situations promote our death?

 

[sanityovar8ted]

Real shyt I just got finished making a facebook statement about this. Black folks giving thousands of dollars for shyt that black people don't even suffer from. Im gonna do a ice bucket challenge calling out all of the black celebs to donate to help diseases that affect their own people

Lupus ive got at least 5 homegirls suffering 2 have passed on already.

 

[Blackking]

Or do you just only speak on Caucasian diseases and why black men should avoid families?

 

[MikelArteta]

Do you have an opinion on these things that plague us? On community consciousness about eating? On racist economicpolitical situations promote our death?

yeah i do
ive actually donated blood for sickle cell and money have you

 

[Remote]

@Blackking You have to remember that we're dying of things because we also live longer as a whole. While some of this is a result of socioeconomics and not genetic "flaws," these other ailments you list are multi-modal diseases with tons of origins and associated symptoms as a result. Its not like curing an actual infectious agent

We're dying of things that we can prevent in many cases but you have to look at things across the board.

Puts some perspective on how big tuberculosis was

 

[Just like bruddas]

Lupus ive got at least 5 homegirls suffering 2 have passed on already.

my best friend said the same thing, lupus is something that black women suffer from the most if im not mistaken.

 

[sanityovar8ted]

my best friend said the same thing, lupus is something that black women suffer from the most if im not mistaken.

Yuppppppp

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Puts some perspective on how big tuberculosis was

people didn't really live that long before they got taken out by what we look at now as minor setbacks

pretty incredible in perspective.

A lot of the stuff we have now (not all, clearly) is because we're simply living longer.

 

[Just like bruddas]

Yuppppppp

I'll bring this up at the next meeting with the ladies. see if we can get some ideas rolling

 

[RTF]

Most of it is a type of racism. Look at the grocery stores and the lack of healthy choices. We're set up to fail. On any given day you can go to nearest meat section of the grocery store and see endless packages of fat back, salt jowl, neckbones, pig feets. Just alotta high fat content meat for cheap. Most black ppl be on a budget so they buy what they can afford to make big meals and stretch they food dollars.

This x10. I live between the hood and the burbs. Depending on my day I can grocery shop at a venue in either side.

The groceries (same chain) in the burbs have large "whole food" type sections. The one in the hood doesn't and the food in the hood store is more expensive (it is more urban but not wildly so). The stock of fruit and vegetables is always 100% in the burbs. The one in the hood has me struggling to look for asparagus.

Then you walk around in the streets. IN the hood - betting shops, dollar stores, fried chicken shops. It's different in the burbs. I understand healthier food is more expensive but it all smells like a trap.

I'm actually interested in opening up a healthy fast food store in the hood.