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Ali Beebs's avatar

Fun fact: People with sickle cells are less likely to contract malaria. It is thought to be a genetic variation that developed due to prevalence of malaria in many regions of Africa. The slave trade is one way that these African traits ended up in the US. Sickle cell recessive trait is very common in West African adults, but not sickle cell disease. It is speculated that most African children with sickle cell disease do not survive childhood. Black Americans with Sickle Cell have a lower life expectancy, but are more likely to survive childhood

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carolyn kostopoulos's avatar

Yes I know all that but the point is no one says that the reason blacks have more sickle cell anemia than white people is because of systemic racism

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