Courtesy of the daily e-mail feed from the National Center for Policy Analysis:

(1) “Blacks undergo leg amputations as a complication of diabetes at a far higher rate than whites, according to a study out today that also found blacks lag behind whites in breast cancer screening and diabetic tests.” (USA Today.)

(2) “Where you stand on the Indian social ladder shapes to a large degree what kind of health you’re in, and what kind of health care you receive.” (The New York Times.)

You can tease out some of the implications of the juxtaposition, and the possible rebuttals to those implications, or inferences, yourselves.

But, but, but, this can not be so. This is America and we have the best health care system in the world.
Mr. AMA

Yeah R. Smith...it’s a helluva shame alright. I mean, I don’t think I’d like to be restricted to special diets, but then again that trade-off…

Our family friend was a dedicated law enforcement officer and one heckuva nice guy. Only in his 40s too. And all he had to do was follow that special diet, strictly. That’s all. Like I said, it’s a shame.

Laron’s right. I know a guy who was diagnosed with diabetes who drinks like a fish but will actually forego hot dogs for corn dogs because he says the bread is bad for him! So far all he’s lost is a toe but, I’m sure that won’t be the last body part to rot off.

When the day of reckoning comes I know he’ll blame everyone else and there will be plenty of people to see him as a victim.

I don’t think there’s a plot to let Diabetes Type I run rampant in African-Americans. Diabetics lose their legs (and vision) when they don’t follow the ‘special’ diet outlined for them.

This happened to a special family friend of ours—a young man at that—whose lust for fun in life (pizza, Jack Daniels) took priority over controlling his blood sugar. He is now blind. And...he’s WHITE!

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