I mean, it's probably mostly a distraction from the real issue, which is they have a huge population who can't afford to access to quality Healthcare (regardless of race). I'm sure their numbers would look even better if they excluded all poor people, but he'd rather stir up race issues than class issues.
This is exactly why we don’t have sufficient public services in this country. You name it; healthcare, education, labor rights, infrastructure development.
Because people who aren’t white would have access.
Louisiana Senator: Our Maternal Death Rates Are Only Bad If You Count Our Most Vulnerable Populations
If you ignore marginalized and oppressed citizens then all kinds of things look great! Wealth, education, home ownership, health. Why did no one think of this before?
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ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com · 43 pts · 364d
Articles from 2022 citing 'if Roe is overturned' are a bit past their expiration date.
boydster@sh.itjust.works · 29 pts · 364d
This article is from 2022, for anyone wondering before you click
GladiusB@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 364d
I'm sure he doesn't think this sounds racist
jacksilver@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 364d
I mean, it's probably mostly a distraction from the real issue, which is they have a huge population who can't afford to access to quality Healthcare (regardless of race). I'm sure their numbers would look even better if they excluded all poor people, but he'd rather stir up race issues than class issues.
GladiusB@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 363d
I think you are giving him far more credit than I do.
jacksilver@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 363d
Eh, you're probably right
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 364d
Weep at the fact that America is a country where a senator thinks that's an okay thing to say
TheMinister@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 363d
Church…militant? That’s the most unsettling site name I’ve maybe ever seen
floofloof@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 364d
Like the Nazis tried to do. The Republican program.
aramis87@fedia.io · 12 pts · 364d
Our maternal death rates are the best if we only count white men!
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 11 pts · 363d
Oh what a piece of shit.
billwashere@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 362d
No he’s not a piece of shit. Shit can be useful for things like fertilizer. This dude has no use.
Late2TheParty@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 364d
Is it though? They still look higher than the national average.
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de · 15 pts · 364d
Only if you count women.
Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 362d
This is exactly why we don’t have sufficient public services in this country. You name it; healthcare, education, labor rights, infrastructure development.
Because people who aren’t white would have access.
fletcher_bosom@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 364d
"... which we don't. "
Typhoon@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 364d
If you ignore marginalized and oppressed citizens then all kinds of things look great! Wealth, education, home ownership, health. Why did no one think of this before?
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 363d
Problem solved, then, I guess?
Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 364d
Three years old article.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 362d
Next, he'll propose counting them with a 60% weighting.
billwashere@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 362d
Wait, this sounds familiar…