
979: Donna Gate
NPR on "Black Privilege" in Opioid Crisis, Racial Stereotyping
An NPR segment claimed that "black privilege" exists in the opioid crisis because doctors are less likely to prescribe narcotics to non-white patients due to racial stereotyping. The theory suggests that unconscious bias has a "protective effect" by preventing addiction in minority populations. The hosts dismiss the report as "horse crap" and an unhinged attempt to find a positive angle in systemic racism.


