Comments on: Classism? Racism? http://jeffrey.yasskin.info/blog/archives/2005/09/05/classism-racism/ questions and comments on the world Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:26:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Chris L http://jeffrey.yasskin.info/blog/archives/2005/09/05/classism-racism/#comment-1250 Fri, 04 Nov 2005 03:32:41 -0800 http://jeffrey.yasskin.info/blog/archives/2005/09/05/classism-racism/#comment-1250 Hi Jeff - You're right about the group of fifty thousand people having some untrustworthy ones. I think the problem is, anytime there is a disaster like this, many people want to help in any way they can. But at the same time, some untrustworthy ones see this as an opportunity to <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=katrina+scams" rel="nofollow">take advantage</a> of those trying to help. Another, larger-scale case that comes to mind is AIDS drugs and Africa. If the drug companies sent AIDS drugs to Africa for cheap or free (or subsidized), many believe that most of the drugs would end up on the black market in the richer parts of the world. It's a hard problem. BTW-I just found your blog - hello from Austin! Hi Jeff - You’re right about the group of fifty thousand people having some untrustworthy ones. I think the problem is, anytime there is a disaster like this, many people want to help in any way they can. But at the same time, some untrustworthy ones see this as an opportunity to take advantage of those trying to help.

Another, larger-scale case that comes to mind is AIDS drugs and Africa. If the drug companies sent AIDS drugs to Africa for cheap or free (or subsidized), many believe that most of the drugs would end up on the black market in the richer parts of the world. It’s a hard problem.

BTW-I just found your blog - hello from Austin!

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