I once had an otherwise very bright African American student tell me that he firmly believed that the US Govt started AIDS to kill black folk. He was very serious, and I could not convince him otherwise. Of course, he was only 15 or 16, but it points out that the problem is that from a young age, some of these kids are taught that it is POSSIBLE and maybe even LIKELY that the white majority govt is out to get them and will stoop to all sorts of awful things to either hold them back or outright get rid of them. It's sad, but I'm not sure how you fight that.
susie
Did you ever ask him about O.J.?
There was a study a few months back that claimed half of all black Americans believe the HIV virus was created by the government, or something like that. The article was posted on FR.
Hmmmm, I thought AIDS was created to kill gays, who by far, are the most affected by the disease. I guess its a twofer...kill gays and blacks...wow...very clever indeed!
Being a consperator must be a very demanding and busy job...plus you gatta keep it secret no matter what...I don't know how they do it.
I have a coworker (also a bright guy"software engineer") Tell me the same thing over lunch. He refused to be disuaded and now refuses to speak to me although I was never rude or condescending in my efforts to convince him that AIDS is not a selective virus
You can't, not even when you tell them where the rumor came from. I've heard white liberals tell me the same thing. The AIDS hokum and that Central American children were being grown for organ harvesting by rich people both have the same origins. They were "parting gifts" from the KGB. In the mid 1980s the KGB started both disinformation campaigns at about the same time and kept them running till they closed up shop. They worked well on morons.