re: #248 Dangerman

im gonna take what may be a contrarian view
and as a white guy i may not have the right ‘sensitivity’ and if so, apologies in advance

i think using Tuskegee as an excuse is not really valid
- it was almost 100 years ago
……
again, i understand long memories and that i may not have the right to suggest 100 years is ‘long enough’

but you cant just pick a thing out of the past and say ‘this is why’..

Tuskegee was conducted from 1932 to 1972. There are people alive today who grew up knowing first hand victims of this experiment, or whose parents knew these victims. This is not ancient history, especially in the South where racists continue to celebrate the Lost Cause which happened 100 years earlier than Tuskegee. Most Americans are ignorant or uninterested in knowing our history — but when your people have been victimized and are continuing to be victimized by the powerful, it is a lesson you don’t forget. On health metrics, African-Americans are still suffering because they don’t have the resources to get the proper medical care. The past is closer than you think.