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Black soldier sues MoD over ethnicity claim after sustaining injury during -30C drill (Too Cold)
Express ^ | 4-18-2016 | Tom Bachelor

Posted on 04/18/2016 7:23:18 PM PDT by ghosthost

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To: ghosthost
I've never heard of Black troops being more susceptible to cold injury.

Do they get frostbite easier?

WTF?

I'm thinking this is BS.

21 posted on 04/18/2016 8:46:23 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: ghosthost

Well, when you wear a ragged shirt, baggy pants and old worn out shoes in the freezing cold, what else would you expect?


22 posted on 04/18/2016 8:46:35 PM PDT by Ken H
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“I've never heard of Black troops being more susceptible to cold injury.

Do they get frostbite easier?”

I have heard the same thing ie: blacks being more susceptible to cold injury. I remember a TV program a long time ago ( Nat Geo?) looking into the same thing. It all came down to the the presence of “Brown Fat” deposits in the individuals. Slavs.Eastern Europeans,Russians or Caucasians in general had higher levels and it helped stave off cold related conditions whereas Sub Saharan ethnic types had little to no Brown Fat which regulated tolerance to cold.

23 posted on 04/18/2016 8:57:41 PM PDT by Polynikes ( Hakkaa palle)
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To: Ken H

Yeah, but his dog up and died.


24 posted on 04/18/2016 9:34:15 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: ghosthost

So the folks who originated “pants on the ground” now want to sue someone cause they froze thier butt off?

I can’t take much more of this world-wide psych ward.


25 posted on 04/18/2016 10:11:15 PM PDT by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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To: ghosthost

No way. We’ve all been told race is just a social construct.


26 posted on 04/19/2016 12:34:41 AM PDT by OldNewYork (Operation Wetback II, now with computers)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
We always welcome winter here in Minnesota. It always assures a lower crime rate for about 6 months.

A countermeasure has been devised:

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27 posted on 04/19/2016 1:59:50 AM PDT by Does so (Vote for Hillary...Stay Home...==8-O)
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