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by blaurenceclark 3082 days ago
If I were to cover every one of the points you called out in detail (which are all valid) I'd end up with an entire book haha.
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Acknowledged. I actually have a few (of those books). More so raised the points to be objective and for those who don't know any better.

Serious question though, is there much (U.S.) interest (define it as you wish) in this subject? Or is this more a passion project and attempt to raise awareness. (I'll understand if you duck the question for various reasons.)

* Bonus historical example... Department of Energy (along w/ various universities et al.) and the radioactivity 'experiments' on unwilling/unknowing citizens of 'little importance'. Clinton issued an 'apology' at some point. Don't remember the specifics and don't feel like looking them up now.

There is actually a push here (ignoring mandated public funded trials) because the Minority populations are becoming large enough that if a diabetes drug that was better in black people existed there’s a massive underserved customer base. Follow the money...
Thanks for responding.

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but I assumed that this sort of thing would have more traction outside of the U.S, which would then sort of (maybe) jump on the bandwagon.

> the points you called out in detail (which are all valid)

Do you really want to say this is valid?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16129426