Edit: wait shit the menthol ban is fine it's only hitting the producers, this isn't a war on drugs thing

  • Optimismbias [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    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?

    • dead [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      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.

        • dead [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          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.

      • Optimismbias [none/use name]
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        edit-2
        3 years ago

        because they don’t agree with you.

        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.