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Section 18: Worcester County Subject: Woke Worcester Msg# 1127708
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Hi Tom,
Yes, perhaps I misread your post. I read it as Medicaid leveled the playing field for people of color to obtain access to health care. I may have missed your meaning of over the past 50-60 years access improved. Agreed; Medicaid improved access for people in abject poverty and those with disabilities. However, since it is a state and federal program, access and coverage varies by state. While it has brought about some improvements, there are still many in this country who are still uninsured, underinsured and, as I mentioned, Medicaid does not correct medical bias within health care. For this reason, I feel it is important to continue to shine a light on those disparities in health care until we have a better system of access and racial bias becomes a thing of the past. I guess you and I will have to agree to disagree (as I think we often do). I do not feel that those who are not binary are deviant; just different from many others. Doesn't make it wrong in my mind, just different. I looked over summaries of some of the books recommended for adolescents and did not find them objectionable. Certainly every family has a choice as to whether or not their child should read books that are written about different types of Americans. I am simply stating my opinion that the making these books available and encouraging folks to read about different life styles, cultures, challenges, beliefs and lived experiences is good for our country. This type of literature has not been easily available or a known entity in the past. Many publishing houses would not print books written by people of color in the past. This is changing now. This program helps us all to expand our minds - a good thing in my opinion. Good talking with you. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Hi Vivian Its been a while since we've corresponded, so welcome to these debates. Recall that the full timeframe of my comment, was referring to progress "compared to 50 or 60 years ago." I'd challenge anyone -- that its false to assert that modern access by minorities to medical services haven't improved from those of 50 or 60 years ago. And Medicaid is indeed a significant step in that path. As well as other positive developments. Of course, even the medical science has advanced. Look how far advanced antibiotics have leaped forward, beyond basic penicillin of the 1950's. And eventually becoming low cost examples, easily affordable by the poor of all races. YES There's undoubtedly plenty of medical gaps -- as you've outlined. Details likely from you working in that field(?) But even Bill Maher has challenged Dems to back away from asserting things are worse than ever, but to recognize various forms of improvements. See earlier messages I posted to other folks. Another one of the big objections is the amount of pushing these ideas onto the public. School boards pushing, despite huge objections by citizens. And state legislatures pushing back against Critical Race Theory, a branch of WOKE. Can't seem to recall how the WOKE got into the schools, without preliminary airing of the issues. But now its meeting extreme resistance, trying to have it restricted or removed. Did you read the brief descriptions of those books which Joe quoted?? About a half dozen. Some pretty off the wall stuff there. I'm glad that my late wife Betty has been spared from reading those reviews. Call our family traditionalists, but that kind of foul, sordid stuff is out of bounds. And I've been happy to see stats posted here indicating only about 5% or lower percentages of people are involved in such tawdry practices. Good to know that 95% are straight. It's a free country so its the deviant's own business. And the many folks here who read about the issue are also free to speak out, pro and con. I understand why some of the initial messages here said put this WOKE stuff in the toilet. Tom |
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