You wrote:
>Wright was off the wall with his comments but as nick kristof points out today 30% of the black community believes that aids was created by the govt to kill black people.<
You have a problem with facts, or you deliberately distort.
Kristol wrote in today's NYT column:
Many white Americans seem concerned that Mr. Obama, who seems so reasonable, should enjoy the company of Mr. Wright, who seems so militant, angry and threatening. To whites, for example, it has been shocking to hear Mr. Wright suggest that the AIDS virus was released as a deliberate government plot to kill black people.
That may be an absurd view in white circles, but a 1990 survey found that 30 percent of African-Americans believed this was at least plausible.
That was 18 years ago. Do you think the percentage would be the same today? When was that stat first reported? Certainly not in 1980.
Obviously, today a lower percent would think it at least plausible. And, "at least plausible" does not equate to "believe".
And "release" does not mean "create", and no one could create "aids". Before "aids" there is HIV, but you don't refer to a virus. |
