I've studied it pretty thoroughly and while they certainly didn't administer it, they certainly didn't help. Government officials lied, and re-enforced the absolutely untrue idea that it was a disease that only affected certain minorities (gay and/or black mostly) They also had a pretty good way of testing blood for it, but opted to save the money and allowed thousands of people contract the disease from transfusions.
A lot of people would probably still be alive if the US Government hadn't reacted to HIV out of (uninformed) racism and bigotry.
It just seems like too much of a coincidence that the same government that killed Malcolm X would have some freak virus unleashed that's most popular among gays and blacks.
You can explain the gay part maybe(not using protection) but the black part is just too much of a coincidence.
Of course there's no tangible proof but logically why would the government ever release such information?
I've studied it pretty thoroughly and while they certainly didn't administer it, they certainly didn't help. Government officials lied, and re-enforced the absolutely untrue idea that it was a disease that only affected certain minorities (gay and/or black mostly) They also had a pretty good way of testing blood for it, but opted to save the money and allowed thousands of people contract the disease from transfusions.
A lot of people would probably still be alive if the US Government hadn't reacted to HIV out of (uninformed) racism and bigotry.
Definitely not but I don't think he necessarily meant it as a literal fact. Imo he was expressing the feeling of distrust against the government that many people have.
It just seems like too much of a coincidence that the same government that killed Malcolm X would have some freak virus unleashed that's most popular among gays and blacks.
You can explain the gay part maybe(not using protection) but the black part is just too much of a coincidence.
Of course there's no tangible proof but logically why would the government ever release such information?
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