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mcar

(42,403 posts) Fri Apr 10, 2020, 02:41 PM Apr 2020

US Surgeon General promotes racist tropes

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Jerome Adams, U.S. Surgeon General, tells black people, Latinos and other ppl of color to avoid alcohol and drugs and adds: "Do it for your abuela, do it for your grandaddy, do it for your Big Mama, do it for your pop pop."

Context: Many found this language highly offensive.

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US Surgeon General promotes racist tropes (Original Post) mcar Apr 2020 OP

Jerome Adams is the dumbest and most useless Surgeon General in U.S. history dalton99a Apr 2020 #1

This guy is clueless. hlthe2b Apr 2020 #2

He said that today? underpants Apr 2020 #3

Well... Mike Nelson Apr 2020 #4

Okay... Mike Nelson Apr 2020 #9

This explains why he is on Team Trump. eom guillaumeb Apr 2020 #5

Being an airhead is no excuse, neither is coming from PENCE's shop in Indiana. UTUSN Apr 2020 #6

What a fuckin idiot ... Alcindor is hitting him on on that question uponit7771 Apr 2020 #7

Good mcar Apr 2020 #8

dalton99a

(81,637 posts)

1. Jerome Adams is the dumbest and most useless Surgeon General in U.S. history

Reply to mcar (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2020, 02:42 PM

Apr 2020

hlthe2b

(102,421 posts)

2. This guy is clueless.

Reply to mcar (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2020, 02:42 PM

Apr 2020

Damn near as bad as Ben Carson.

underpants

(182,951 posts)

3. He said that today?

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Fri Apr 10, 2020, 02:43 PM

Apr 2020

Mike Nelson

(9,973 posts)

4. Well...

Reply to mcar (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2020, 02:50 PM

Apr 2020

... I did not hear that... I did like his showing the inhaler and commenting on asthma. My neighbor has asthma. The SG does work for Crooked Donald, tho... anything he says should be questioned, due to his working for Crooked Donald.