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In reply to the discussion: Why doesn't the USA have universal health care? one word: Race [View all]IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)12. "White legislators argued that free assistance of any kind would breed dependence"
White legislators argued that free assistance of any kind would breed dependence and that when it came to black infirmity, hard labor was a better salve than white medicine. As the death toll rose, they developed a new theory: Blacks were so ill suited to freedom that the entire race was going extinct. No charitable black scheme can wash out the color of the Negro, change his inferior nature or save him from his inevitable fate, an Ohio congressman said.
I'm glad DUers are discussing this now. There were also efforts to exclude black Americans from Social Security and other benefits, purely out of spite. Woodrow Wilson fired most black people from the federal government because his wife thought they might be a danger to the white women working there and having white workers reporting to a black manager was just plain unacceptable back then.
There was an asshole on another liberal forum this morning insisting that he has earned his tax subsidized healthcare but doesn't want his taxes paying for the healthcare for lazy freeloading .... he was banned from that site and posts deleted because of the racial nature of who he felt deserved healthcare. It was disgusting.
A lot of people seem to think undocumented immigrants are getting free Obamacare, for example.
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"every issue is being turned into a race indictment against the Democratic Party."
betsuni
Sep 2019
#42
It's impossible to exclude race as a factor or ignore often disparate racial outcomes for just about
LincolnRossiter
Sep 2019
#13
every single one of our Democratic primary candidates except Hickenlooper said they're for universal
Celerity
Sep 2019
#36
that not only doesn't address the main points, but it also shows the inherent weakness of his plan
Celerity
Sep 2019
#58
Most of our primary candidates seem as if they are well aware of the right's success...
Act_of_Reparation
Sep 2019
#44
Another word: profit. The American oligarchs are making a "killing" by extorting the sick.
Midnight Writer
Sep 2019
#8
Racial disparities is also an issue in Canada and in Australia, where there is UHC.
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#10
"White legislators argued that free assistance of any kind would breed dependence"
IronLionZion
Sep 2019
#12
we don't have single payer because the left/dems let 1500 radio stations blast the country with BS
certainot
Sep 2019
#14
thxs. destroy the RW talk radio monopoly w/market demand - it's not enough to vote, GOTV, donate.
certainot
Sep 2019
#39
That's simply not true. Seems like some of these writer are coming to a conclusion and then....
George II
Sep 2019
#16
American Dental Association was worse. We had a dentist in St Petersburg who was denined entry
Oppaloopa
Sep 2019
#17
A major news project observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery
bluewater
Sep 2019
#23
There is a much bigger problem at play here. you would ask me to believe that all other countries
Kurt V.
Sep 2019
#26
I'm not trying anything. I'm pointing out that all industrialized , modern economies have
Kurt V.
Sep 2019
#34
And WHY, do you suppose, in their heart of hearts, so many are worried about 'socialism'?
mr_lebowski
Sep 2019
#57
K&R. Understanding the role of race and racism in U.S. policies will help us make more effective and
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2019
#30
The fact that some see this as an attack on a certain candidate or the Democratic Party in
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2019
#32
Wd don't have universal health CARE because Americans won't pay for universal health INSURANCE.
MadDAsHell
Sep 2019
#38