Comments on: Thoughts on cancer and racism http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/05/thoughts_on_cancer_and_racism.html black looks Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:02:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Open Blog: KenyaUnlimited » This week in the African women’s blogsphere http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/05/thoughts_on_cancer_and_racism.html#comment-1800 Open Blog: KenyaUnlimited » This week in the African women’s blogsphere Tue, 16 May 2006 12:30:45 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/05/thoughts_on_cancer_and_racism.html#comment-1800 [...] Black Looks has written a post on cancer and racism where she says that it is difficult to tell the number of women dying of cancer in Africa, Asia and South America as there is little statistical information while black women in America and South Africa are more likely to die of breast cancer. Black Looks emphasises the importance of regular breast examination but notes that this would be difficult for “the majority of women do not have access to basic medical care let alone blood tests, mammograms and scans”. [...] […] Black Looks has written a post on cancer and racism where she says that it is difficult to tell the number of women dying of cancer in Africa, Asia and South America as there is little statistical information while black women in America and South Africa are more likely to die of breast cancer. Black Looks emphasises the importance of regular breast examination but notes that this would be difficult for “the majority of women do not have access to basic medical care let alone blood tests, mammograms and scans”. […]

]]> By: Taran http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/05/thoughts_on_cancer_and_racism.html#comment-1787 Taran Fri, 12 May 2006 05:27:06 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/05/thoughts_on_cancer_and_racism.html#comment-1787 Nice analogue. It works. Keep it! I may borrow it sometime. :-) Nice analogue. It works. Keep it! I may borrow it sometime. :-)

]]> By: obokun http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/05/thoughts_on_cancer_and_racism.html#comment-1786 obokun Thu, 11 May 2006 16:28:03 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/05/thoughts_on_cancer_and_racism.html#comment-1786 hello i know how aggressive and distructive both are my dad died from cancer and we all must have had a brush with racism, two evils but do you love music? if you do, check out additional ayetoro samples: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ayetoro" rel="nofollow">2 (oga and pepple street blues)additional samples added</a> stay well regards dapo hello

i know how aggressive and distructive both are

my dad died from cancer and we all must have had a brush with racism, two evils

but do you love music?

if you do, check out additional ayetoro samples: 2 (oga and pepple street blues)additional samples added

stay well

regards

dapo

]]> By: uaridi http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/05/thoughts_on_cancer_and_racism.html#comment-1785 uaridi Thu, 11 May 2006 14:44:11 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/05/thoughts_on_cancer_and_racism.html#comment-1785 P.S. Welcome to the Kenya webring P.S. Welcome to the Kenya webring

]]> By: uaridi http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/05/thoughts_on_cancer_and_racism.html#comment-1784 uaridi Thu, 11 May 2006 14:43:07 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/05/thoughts_on_cancer_and_racism.html#comment-1784 I think by now we have learnt that we should be our own awareness raisers and that only we ourselves will sort our problems out. If you notice, disease that after Black people like Sickle Cell does not have a high profile - because it affects us only. I like that quote. It is worth remembering. I think by now we have learnt that we should be our own awareness raisers and that only we ourselves will sort our problems out. If you notice, disease that after Black people like Sickle Cell does not have a high profile - because it affects us only.

I like that quote. It is worth remembering.

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