What does race have to do with it?

[edro]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: edro13
omg... do you guys even understand what I am saying...
There should be no references to race at all, especially when referring to a race-wide disease!

I am understanding what you're saying. But did you understand what I said?
In the REAL world, black women are much more likely to die from breast cancer because of no early detection by mammograms. Much of black culture has separated itself from, and is suspicious of, whites. While not ideal, it is realistically the best move to have one black woman tell other black women to get mammograms.

Wow, you aren't flaming me?

Yeah, I understand that... I still don't like it, but I understand...

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: FallenHero
edro, are you some middle class white dude all up in arms about this even though you are not really affected?
If you are, STFU.
If you arent, put down the race card for everything and STFU.

Yes, I am a middle class white male... and.... ok. I will STFU because it's not like I could make a difference anyways.

 

[dpm]

Originally posted by: edro13
omg... do you guys even understand what I am saying... There should be no references to race at all, especially when referring to a race-wide disease!

Dear god, you just don't get it.

Listen - its like an advert telling young people and the elderly to get flu jabs. Now, other people get the flu too, and other people can even die of it, but its the young and old that are most at risk of severe consequences. They are most at risk because of physiological factors, so it is important we raise their awareness by targeting adverts at them.

Now, with this case, black women are most at risk in that there is a greater incidence of fatality. This is due to cultural factors rather than physiological ones (as far as I am aware), so it is important that we target adverts at them.

edro13 - its not like there aren't already major efforts to educate white woman - all women - about this risk. But these efforts aren't working so well amongst black women, so a more targetted approach is need. Therefore this advert. Its not racism - its common sense

 

[OulOat]

I agree with edro13. The goal of docters is to save lives, not just lives of a certain race. If a white women saw the commerical, she may not think anything about it, since it only specifically mentions African women. If it had just said women, both white and black women would be reminded to go get a mammogram. This is all assuming this commerical was aired over general TV, if it was an African station, then this commerical would have merit.