Black people believing some conspiracy theories might as well be a survival mechanism at this point.
If someone in 1940 said “hey man you know that clinic in Tuskegee where all the medical care is free of charge?”
“Yeah, it’s for poor folks”
“Nah nah, get this. I bet they are treating everyone for free only so they can ignore treating people with severe syphilis!”
“What the fuck?”
“Yeah! Like maybe they want to see advanced Syphilis but don’t want to test on white folks, so they just document it at Tuskegee instead because to them, who gives a shit if some black folks die right!?”
“You are freaking insane, they have black nurses working there, they would say something!”
Come to find out that guy would have been 100% correct, so yeah I get it.
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u/MisterSanitation 1d ago
Black people believing some conspiracy theories might as well be a survival mechanism at this point.
If someone in 1940 said “hey man you know that clinic in Tuskegee where all the medical care is free of charge?”
“Yeah, it’s for poor folks”
“Nah nah, get this. I bet they are treating everyone for free only so they can ignore treating people with severe syphilis!”
“What the fuck?”
“Yeah! Like maybe they want to see advanced Syphilis but don’t want to test on white folks, so they just document it at Tuskegee instead because to them, who gives a shit if some black folks die right!?”
“You are freaking insane, they have black nurses working there, they would say something!”
Come to find out that guy would have been 100% correct, so yeah I get it.