New documentary targets Black community, claims public health can’t be trusted

Children’s Health Defense, a US-based nonprofit known for its vaccine skepticism, led by well-known vaccine skeptic Robert F Kennedy, Jr., has released a documentary film titled “Medical Racism: The New Apartheid.” The documentary focuses on the legacy of unethical treatment of Black communities and individuals in the United States by the medical and public health fields, promoting the idea that the government has a long history of experimenting on the Black community and therefore generally should not be trusted. The film suggests vaccines are a form of “medical abuse” of people of color. The film is being widely shared by anti-vaccine, anti-science, anti-government, and conspiracy groups. Accompanying the film are readymade marketing materials, such as shareable images, that claim pharmaceutical companies are targeting communities of color. Leaders of the anti-vaccine movement openly discuss their intention to target Black communities for conversion to their views. Anti-vaccine leaders have in recent years made appearances at Black events for social justice, and spoken with Black community leaders and to Black community based organizations.

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