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A Black president and deep racism built into the American psyche President Obama hails a post-racial future for America. But being colorblind to our society is not a smart move. ...

African Americans Lack Access To Bone Marrow Transplants Every year, more than 10,000 Americans are found to have cancers of the blood, such as leukemia or lymphoma, CNN reports. Caucasians are 40 percent more likely to undergo bone marrow transplants than African Americans in the United States, says study author Dr. J. Douglas Rizzo of the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant at the Medical College of Wisconsin. "I don't think we know why.” His study appears in Cancer, the journal of the American Cancer Society . ...

The Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program Launches 50 City Tour BlackPoliticsOnTheWeb.com reports a visit to your local barber may get you more than a haircut in on May 22, 2010. Dr. Bill J. Releford, D.P.M., founder of The Diabetic Amputation Prevention Foundation, and a squadron of volunteers will launch the “50 City Tour” in over 23 cities and 80 barbershops throughout the state of California on May 22, 2010 from 11AM to 3PM. The ...

Obesity, smoking: Personal choices in the health care debate There is something inherently distasteful about being expected to foot the tax bill for someone else’s personal choices—particularly bad ones—and not being given any choice of your own in the matter. Which is why I am so surprised that there has been so little anger expressed by leaders on either side of the health care debate when it comes to the issue of personal choice and responsibility in health care. ...

Why health care reform can save black lives It's not the sexiest of issues (if you want sexy, you won't be reading my columns), but health care reform is the most important public policy issue for African Americans. (Don't think so? It's #1 on the Covenant with Black America) Congress must reform and reduce health care costs or blacks will continue to suffer disproportionately. ...