ext_54461 ([identity profile] evil-megz.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] theducks 2008-04-08 07:47 am (UTC)

You would tell them, just as you would tell a white person who was at a greater than average risk of any disease.

You wouldn't tell them "You're aboriginal and thus are less healthy than the white person in the bed next to you"

If you're talking to an obese, white person will you tell them they must be aboriginal for being at risk of these aboriginal diseases?

If the government put more money into Aboriginal care OR non-aboriginal care, two people could be in hospital with identical diseases but one would get treated differently because of their race. If, instead, this money was put into heart disease treatment/research/care (or any other disease which could be better treated with more money) then an Aboriginal person and a non Aboriginal person with the same disease could both receive the same care that they deserve.

Finally, explaining to somebody the reasons for their greater risk of certain diseases is entirely different to calling it an Aboriginal Problem on a political and financial scale.

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