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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 8728505" data-attributes="member: 4348">I don't know about him, but I have read about some interesting items that have occurred in the medical field.  It isn't so much about race, but about genetics and geneology (Which some could interpret as racial).  There are many various genetic diseases or other things that seem to affect people of certain heritages far more than others.  For example, sickle cell may affect those with a background from certain areas of the world far more than those from other parts of the world.  It is caused by a genetic connection, not some random chance.In many instances, being able to identify individuals by a quick method that lets the doctor know WHERE that person's geneology lies can help understand some of the medical things that may be occurring or that they should probably double check to see if they are occurring or not.This tends to reference things such as race at times, and as such medical scientists are identifying times when looking at a genetic component that is a general item to a broad swath of people can be useful.This type of medical science MIGHT be looked at as racist by others today I suppose, as many times they DO reference things such as race (and sometimes it is quite specific in how it references that in relation to a certain tribe or group of people in a specific part of the world, far more specific at times than what is generally used to describe race).It is an interesting dilemma, because calling those who are performing the research as well as doctors who use that research to save lives as racist because they are using that medical knowledge puts one at a quandry of how to talk or reference such items among everyone else.Verifiable government and medical sources on the topic<a href="https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/inheritance/ethnicgroup/" target="_blank">Medicineplus gov on the subject</a><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/genetic-research-has-a-white-bias-and-it-may-be-hurting-everyones-health" target="_blank">PBS Genetic research has a white bias and it may be hurting everyone else</a></blockquote>

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