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Lack of Minorities Closes Boise Bone Marrow Center
kivitv.com — St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute's Bone Marrow Donor Program will close by the end of the summer. Because of the lack of minorities in the region, it cannot meet new requirements enacted by the National Marrow Donor Program to encourage more minority donors.
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- meuse, on 08/07/2008, -1/+4"The national program instituted the new requirements to help address what they say is an increasing shortage of minority donors. Because tissue types are inherited, patients are more likely to match someone from their own race or ethnicity."
But I thought race is just a social construct, with no biological basis. We all bleed red. We're all pink on the inside. Right? - rhayat1, on 08/07/2008, -1/+6I wonder how many people will die this time because of diversity-worship.
- meuse, on 08/07/2008, -1/+6Imagine the outrage there would be if the situation was reversed: a medical establishment in a predominately minority neighborhood being shut down because they couldn't attract enough white people.
There's no sense of outrage in this article. The closure is nothing more than an "ironic twist". People can still use the bone marrow donor program managed in the next state over, so all is good. There's more outrage when an urban grocery store closes and minorities have to walk a few more blocks to buy their food.- thoughtcrime, on 08/07/2008, -0/+2Unfortunately, the government and other bureaucracies do not apply the same standards to ALL races, only minorities. If they did, this type of incident might become a thing of the past.
- repoulin, on 08/07/2008, -0/+5Less government would make everyone's life a lot better
- MarkEarhart, on 08/07/2008, -1/+5They're smoking what? Now let me get this straight, because they don't have enough minorities donating everyone else can go to Hell? That makes sense to somebody somewhere I imagine.
- CoolHandLuke70, on 08/07/2008, -0/+2Yeah, this makes no sense!
- OkiZoo, on 08/07/2008, -1/+1Yah liberalism is good at making no sense
- bosssmiley, on 08/07/2008, -1/+0Surely the problem is self-correcting? If there are a low proportion of ethnic minority donors due to their forming only a small percentage of the population won't that mean that there's also *less call* for bone marrow carrying those particular genetic traits?
Budget problems given a race gloss methinks. - SydBloom, on 08/07/2008, -1/+3This is what happens when you let democrats establish the victim status grow for 4 generations. Now here is the prediction....
there will be legislation proposed by some stalinist forcing money and research dollars into these "under achieving health studies" because Americans are ignoring the problems based upon their racism"....
Of course no one will admit that the real issue is that democrat slave plantation operators have carefully and deliberately designed a society of people who are incapable of personal responsibility because it has been systematically beaten out of them for the benefit of democrat politicians and their petty feifdoms. (Sound about right Maxine "Gargoyle" Waters? Or you Wrangle? etc...etc...etc... - randf, on 08/08/2008, -0/+3chalk up another win for affirmative action.
- USNavyBlue, on 08/08/2008, -2/+2This is multi-cultural insanity at it’s very worst! Apparently the National Marrow Donor Program would rather see white cancer patients die than allow whites to donate marrow at a higher rate than racial minorities. Idaho has very few racial minorities. (Thank God in my opinion) They are actually inhabiting people from trying to help treat cancer patients. They are playing an extreme version of racial quotas with treatments for a deadly disease.
The National Marrow Donor Program wants white people in Idaho to pay $52 to a registry in Washington, while racial minorities will able to register for free. Talk about discrimination. A class action lawsuit needs to occur!
I would like to suggest a PHONE CALL from people expressing your outrage to discrimination against white people and the fact that they would have the GULL to put people's lives in jeopardy because of unconstitutional racial quatoes which would make them liable for MURDER! I did and I put it in writing via fax.
The program is based in Minneapolis.
National Marrow Donor Program
3001 Broadway Street N.E.
Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55413-1753
1 (800) MARROW2 (1-800-627-7692)
Any sane person of any race, should tell the St. Luke Mountain State Tumor Institute in Boise to defy the anti-white racial directive from the extremists in Minneapolis and continue their donor registry program the way they see fit.
St. Luke’s Mountain States Tumor Institute Locations
208) 381-2711, 1 (800) 845-4624
100 E. Idaho Street,
Boise, Idaho 83712- meuse, on 08/08/2008, -2/+2Where did you hear it costs $52 for whites but is free for minorities?
- USNavyBlue, on 08/08/2008, -2/+2In another article.
Link: http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/4624 ...
4th Paragraph in the article:
"But it means Caucasians in the Valley who could be swabbed and typed for free with the local list, will now have to pay $52 to register their marrow type and their willingness to share it with someone in need."
9th Paragraph in the article:
"Minorities will continue to get on the list for free, but Caucasians will need to pay."
Disgusting!!!!!! Isn't it?
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