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"There are no racial "myths" that harm blacks."

So sick of MAGA lies and ignorance and promulgation of disinformation.

When you have to lie then you have already lost the argument.

There are tons in racial myths that harm blacks.

Key Harmful Racial Myths:

Medical & Biological Myths:
Higher Pain Tolerance: A prevalent myth among medical providers (and even medical trainees) is that Black patients have thicker skin or less sensitive nerve endings, leading to the underestimation and undertreatment of pain.

Innate Biological Differences: Historical and false notions, such as those suggesting Black people are physically immune to certain diseases or have different physiological "weaknesses" compared to whites, have been used to justify inequities.
Immunity to Disease: Dangerous myths during crises, such as during COVID-19, claimed Black people were immune, which delayed care and increased risk.

Criminality & Behavioral Myths:
The "Violent/Dangerous" Stereotype: Black individuals are frequently wrongly associated with criminality, leading to racial profiling, higher rates of wrongful convictions, and disproportionate use of force by police.

The Myth of "Black-on-Black" Crime: This is used to mischaracterize violence as a specifically Black behavior rather than a direct outcome of systemic socioeconomic issues, lack of resources, and historical marginalization.

Social & Intellectual Stereotypes:
The "Angry" or "Dominant" Trope: Specifically, the "angry Black woman" myth, which frames Black women as aggressive and demanding to discredit them, and the "Sapphire" caricature.
The "Lazy" Stereotype: A lazy caricature (including the "welfare queen" trope) exists in media and social discourse, designed to perpetuate harmful ideas about work ethic, despite contradictory evidence.

Intellectual Inferiority: Persistent, subtle, and overt myths suggest Black people are less intelligent, often used to undermine claims of merit and justify racial gaps in education and hiring.

Structural & Ideological Myths:
The Myth of Meritocracy: The belief that American society is entirely merit-based and that racial inequalities are solely caused by a lack of effort or cultural deficiencies, ignoring systemic racism and "environmental headwinds".

Post-Racialism: The false idea that racism ended with the civil rights movement, which serves to dismiss ongoing racial discrimination.

GFY and your hateful lies and constant denials of reality.

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RFK Jr. rewrites CDC panel's charter, opening door to anti-vaccine quacks
arstechnica.com

... As expected, anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has significantly rewritten the charter for a federal vaccine advisory panel. The edits give him more power to appoint his like-minded allies as federal advisors, shift the panel's focus to alleged vaccine injuries and risks, and welcome fringe groups and anti-vaccine organizations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

On Monday, a notice in the Federal Register indicated Kennedy renewed the charter for the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which is done every two years, with the last term having ended April 1. But instead of the usual humdrum renewal process, the notice on Monday indicated big changes were coming to the defining document of the panel, which heavily influences federal vaccine policy that, in turn, influences state requirements and insurance coverage.

The new charter, published Thursday, reveals new responsibilities that redirect advisors toward topics and terms dear to anti-vaccine activists.

For instance, ACIP members will now be responsible for "considering analysis of cumulative effects of vaccines and their constituent components." This wording echoes explicit goals of Kennedy's anti-vaccine allies, who aim to pin complex conditions -- such as allergies, autism, and neurodevelopmental conditions -- on combinations of vaccinations or common ingredients in those shots, such as aluminum adjuvants.

This is a pivot from anti-vaccine activists' earlier attacks that focused on individual vaccines, such as the false, fraudulent claim that the measles vaccine is linked to autism"a claim that has been roundly debunked by dozens of high-quality studies. ...



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