The facts are that most people who buy menthols are black. Ergo, banning them has a disproportionate impact and is racist. I don't see what's changed since the last time they tried.
Notice that nobody actually bothered to ask the Afro-American community how they felt about this.
Notice that nobody actually bothered to ask the Afro-American community how they felt about this.
You could not be more wrong if you tried. The ban was lead by a black advocacy group.
The FDA’s overdue response to the petition was prompted by a lawsuit filed by the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC), Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), the American Medical Association (AMA), and the National Medical Association (NMA).
TIL 16 people is the Afro-American community. https://www.savingblacklives.org/about-us
As usual, nobody bothered to ask them and just makes decisions on their behalf. Let's see where they're headquartered: White 54.2% Asian 24.0% Hispanic or Latino 10.4% Black 6.4%. March 2019 cost of living index in zip code 94107: 156.0 (very high, U.S. average is 100)
Does this sound representative of the Afro-American community? Why or why not?
Wow. Once you learned that the ban was lead by black people, you try to disqualify those black people because they don't agree with you.
You actually looked up their geographic location and then looked at the racial statistics in their area to determine if these specific people were black enough.
It's funny that you mention that because police organizations oppose the ban.
As you mention, it's doctors, black doctors, and other black advocacy groups who support the ban. Those who oppose the ban are police, black police, black capitalists, and convenience store owners.
Secondly, the ownership of menthol cigarettes is not being banned. Tobacco companies are being banned from selling menthol cigarettes. People will still be allowed to own and create their own menthol cigarettes.
You are just making this up as you go. You had no idea that black people support this from the start and you didn't even do research into the other 3 groups.
The facts are that most people who buy menthols are black. Ergo, banning them has a disproportionate impact and is racist. I don't see what's changed since the last time they tried.
Notice that nobody actually bothered to ask the Afro-American community how they felt about this.
You could not be more wrong if you tried. The ban was lead by a black advocacy group.
https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/fda-agrees-ban-menthol-protect-african-americans
https://www.savingblacklives.org/our-goal
TIL 16 people is the Afro-American community. https://www.savingblacklives.org/about-us
As usual, nobody bothered to ask them and just makes decisions on their behalf. Let's see where they're headquartered: White 54.2% Asian 24.0% Hispanic or Latino 10.4% Black 6.4%. March 2019 cost of living index in zip code 94107: 156.0 (very high, U.S. average is 100)
Does this sound representative of the Afro-American community? Why or why not?
Wow. Once you learned that the ban was lead by black people, you try to disqualify those black people because they don't agree with you.
You actually looked up their geographic location and then looked at the racial statistics in their area to determine if these specific people were black enough.
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It's funny that you mention that because police organizations oppose the ban.
As you mention, it's doctors, black doctors, and other black advocacy groups who support the ban. Those who oppose the ban are police, black police, black capitalists, and convenience store owners.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menthol_cigarette#Opposition_to_proposed_ban
Secondly, the ownership of menthol cigarettes is not being banned. Tobacco companies are being banned from selling menthol cigarettes. People will still be allowed to own and create their own menthol cigarettes.
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Negative. Do they represent the Afro-American community? They're 16 people who are in an extremely wealthy area with few blacks.
The other 3 organizations are as white as Wonder Bread.
You are just making this up as you go. You had no idea that black people support this from the start and you didn't even do research into the other 3 groups.
You call the National Medical Association "white as wonderbread". The National Medical Association (NMA) is the largest and oldest national organization representing African American physicians and their patients in the United States. The president of the NMA is Richard Allen Williams, who also founded the Association of Black Cardiologists. The NMA represents the interests of more than 30,000 African American physicians.