>Sure. When the first victim of HIV died in the Belgian Congo in 1959, we were decades away from discovering the EXISTENCE of retrovirii. Still, it’s an urban myth that Wright continuously repeats as fact.<
What makes this worse is the fact that our tax money (and private funds and charities) have raised and distributed more money to develop a cure and treatments for AIDS/HIV, especially for Africa. We’ve given more than all the rest of the world combined and G. Bush increased this level twice!
Another myth: The US gave Blacks syphlis (sp?). No. The Blacks that contracted this disease on their own were not properly treated, just observed (which also happened to Whites.)
And another: Women earn 75% of what men make on average. No. Comparing women that do not leave the workplace, with the same education, etc. to men with the same experience, and the pay is virtually the same. Otherwise, where are all of the lawsuits that would be filed because of this?
Like Larry Elder says, “If this were true, the ‘evil companies’ would fire nearly all of the men for an instant 25% savings in payroll expenses.”
It’s ironic that the Rev. Wright complains about drugs and viruses being created and distributed to specifically target Black and Brown people. What’s sad is that Rev. Wright IS a virus of the worst kind. He, and others, profit by spreading nonsense, which stunts the mental growth of so many. No real drug or virus could have the effect that whitey-hating rhetoric, urban myths and the like are having in Black barbershops, workplace break rooms, family settings and churches throughout the country.
Sneakyuser
Yep. WHY that myth stuck around is a mystery.
OH, Wright is ALSO a pusher of the "disproportionate number of blacks in the US military" myth. The actual numbers prove exactly the opposite.