Tuskegee again?

[flewellyn]

Scientists in Baltimore, using federal grant money, have been using sludge made from human and industrial wastes on yards in poor, black neighborhoods, ostensibly testing whether it might protect children from lead in the soil. Yet not only were the families not informed of the source of the sludge, but no medical follow-up was done.

Tell me again, folks, how Reverend Jeremiah Wright was "crazy" when he suggested that AIDS might have been engineered by the government as a weapon against black people? I don't believe he's correct about that, mind you, but gee...where might he have gotten that idea?

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[ginmar.livejournal.com]

Like many men, of course, he's not even aware of his male privilege.

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

There was a time when I wasn't either.

[ginmar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but you're a lot younger than he is. However he's a preacher, which means that he's got a lot bigger ego.

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

True enough. And I did have feminist parents, especially my mother. Plus, I'm used to introspection; when you grow up with Asperger's and learn social interaction as a second language, you have to be.

As for ego, well, I wonder if it's the "alpha male" syndrome?

[ginmar.livejournal.com]

I think it's asshole syndrome, frankly.