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Originally posted by Professor
But here is my take - - - "survival of the fittest" - 1/2 of AA men are not fit - we are in jail, on crack or gay - - - - The lives of AA will only improve if we as a community will stand up and stop hiding behind problems that some other cultures face.
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Although I do understand and agree with what you are saying at one level about AA men standing up and facing their problems up front, I also think that AA men, as well as women have been doing that for a number of years and in some parts of the country, it will never improve.
I read a newpaper article a month ago about the health of AA men and it stated that the research shows that if violent deaths and HIV/AIDS deaths did not kill the young men (under age 35), the chronic disease, i.e. cancer, heart disease, stroke, etc. will kill them later (at age 40+). Very few AA men make it beyond 70 years old...
It is these "stressors" that subjugate AA men into a strong health disparity. Moreover it is the difficulty of getting men to even see a doctor that makes it worse in the heathier outcomes.
So essentially, by the time one gets an AA man to see a doctor due to some health issue, it is almost too late to do anything...
That is why I am asking--what if there is some genetic component that has come into play here... Because, it sounds like the "stressors" are not going to be decreasing anytime soon...
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