Hots on Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 A black celebrity contestant on Family Fortunes is intending to donate her winnings(if she wins) to an African caribbean leukemia charity, and another black celebrity (Danny John Jules) on Mastermind intended to donate his to some black specific cancer charity. Aren't black people treated for cancer and leukemia like everyone else, if so why the need for these race-specific charities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASGOWOODS Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Maybe they're just racists??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 A black celebrity contestant on Family Fortunes is intending to donate her winnings(if she wins) to an African caribbean leukemia charity, and another black celebrity (Danny John Jules) on Mastermind intended to donate his to some black specific cancer charity. Aren't black people treated for cancer and leukemia like everyone else, if so why the need for these race-specific charities? not every country has a free at the point of care health service, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 A black celebrity contestant on Family Fortunes is intending to donate her winnings(if she wins) to an African caribbean leukemia charity, and another black celebrity (Danny John Jules) on Mastermind intended to donate his to some black specific cancer charity. Aren't black people treated for cancer and leukemia like everyone else, if so why the need for these race-specific charities? One of the main forms of treatment for leukaemia is a bone marrow transplant. And often the donor has to be from the same race. It was discovered that there was an extremely low amount of Afro-Carribeans donating bone marrow, so a charity was set to work towards increasing the uptake of bone marrow donors from that community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire_ Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 You find this type of thing happens a lot with black celebs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natjack Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Can just imagine the outcry if a contestant stated they were going to donate their winnings to a 'white only' charity. Not that there'd be one allowed to exist anyway, anywhere in the world. In this country it seems a bit superfluous, as everyone gets treated the same irrespective of race or origin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolW Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 One of the main forms of treatment for leukaemia is a bone marrow transplant. And often the donor has to be from the same race. It was discovered that there was an extremely low amount of Afro-Carribeans donating bone marrow, so a charity was set to work towards increasing the uptake of bone marrow donors from that community. ^^^^^^^ This... Humans have hundreds of different tissue types - often it's hard enough to find a tissue match within the same race, even with siblings, there's just a 1 in 4 chance of being an exact match (unless you have an identical twin, of course!!!) The more people on a bone marrow registry, the better chance there is of finding a good match... Afro-caribbean people have tissue types which aren't often found in caucasian people, so the more afro-caribbeans on the register means there's a better chance of them finding a match..... If there aren't enough volunteering for the usual registries (Anthony Nolan, UK Transplant) then it makes more sense to provide an environment where they will volunteer :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Shoes Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Can just imagine the outcry if a contestant stated they were going to donate their winnings to a 'white only' charity. Not that there'd be one allowed to exist anyway, anywhere in the world. In this country it seems a bit superfluous, as everyone gets treated the same irrespective of race or origin. Could donate to pedophiles. They all seem to be white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natjack Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Could donate to pedophiles. They all seem to be white.Don't be more of an idiot than you can help, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electerrific Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Are some people stupid. If they're from a minority and are donating to such charities, it's because the donor pool is extremely small. Hence the specific aid and donations? Duh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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