Word: racists
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...injunction to block the release of the U.S. government's new dietary guidelines until they can be rewritten to include alternative sources of calcium, such as collard greens and kale. Not only is the federal menu--the so-called food pyramid--bad medicine, the group argued, but it is racist as well...
...that kind of success the physicians' group was aiming for when it targeted the usda's allegedly racist milk guidelines. For all the exasperation elicited by the allegations, they are not totally unfounded. As many as 70% of African Americans, 50% of Hispanics and 90% of Asian Americans are lactase deficient. The fact that the committee that writes the dietary guidelines may nonetheless recommend a milk-friendly diet is, the activists charge, partly a result of a conflict of interest. The group claims that six of the 10 committee members have had ties to the meat or dairy industries because...
...better to be ruled unhinged than to be perceived as an appalling racist? Last week Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig ordered Atlanta Braves pitcher JOHN ROCKER to undergo psychological testing for racist, xenophobic and homophobic remarks the pitcher made in a SPORTS ILLUSTRATED interview last month. Calling Rocker's comments "reprehensible" and "inexcusable," Selig says he will wait for the results of the tests before deciding how the southpaw reliever should be disciplined. Rocker agreed to start the testing immediately. Evidence that he might be somewhat disturbed surfaced during last fall's National League championship series when the Braves...