Aids and Haiti or When Racism Masquerades as Science

The study published by Michael Worobey theorizing that AIDS left Africa for Haiti in the mid 1960-s and then stormed into the U.S. may turn out to be a very positive event both for the advancement of science and for unveiling just how pervasive white supremacist ideologies taint the modern scientific community.

Isn't it strange that Worobey's study hit the news the same week that James Watson, the aged Nobel laureate geneticist, allowed his mind to wonder so far as to not stop his mouth from uttering what must have been in his head for so long: "Africans are genetically inferior to Europeans". While many, including no doubt, fellow racists in the scientific community, jumped in the band wagon condemning Watson, there is little evidence that the white supremacist ideas he expressed are a rarity in this milieu. In fact, as proven by the article below, Watson's racism is anything but sudden. He was at it as far back as 2000. So, many are certainly faking outrage as they pretend to be shocked by his October 2007 racist remarks:

http://www.mindfully.org/GE/James-Watson-Racist-Sexist.htm

WATSON IS SLAPPED FOR BEING BAD - BUT WOROBEY PICKS UP THE BATON....

Indeed, to convince themselves of the genetic superiority of their "race", we have seen many despiccable efforts deployed recently by white scientists from the most reputable schools of disciplines like archeology or computer modeling. Some have specialized in what I would term "virtual Michaeljacksonism" which is capable of turning the Black grandson of Black Queen Tiye, into a white-skinned boy lost in KMT, the land of OSIRIS - the land of the Blacks.

See for yourself "The amazing transformation of the famous African Pharaoh Tuntankhamun or Virtual Michael Jacksonism at its best!"
http://www.manuampim.com/2005_update.html

See Queen Tiye (Grandmother of King Tut):
http://www.homestead.com/wysinger/tiye.html

See OSIRIS (Le Grand Nègre)
http://www.hieroglyphen-info.de/bilder/goetter/osiris.jpg
and
http://www.mps.mpg.de/images/projekte/rosetta/osiris/osiris_xl.jpg

SO WATSON AND WOROBEY ARE NOT ALONE !

Worobey offers a great opportunity for everyone, Haitians in particular, to discover some very important information about the AIDS phenomenon but also about how deep seated racism still eats the hearts of the post-colonial world - including the so-called "scientific community".

The fact that Worobey has often been called upon to try to quiet down or to discredit the Hooper theory about the (European) man-made origin of AIDS is perhaps not insignificant. In mainstream news reports, for instance, Hooper is often given a couple of lines and then Worobey is called in to dominate the rest of the article.

We also know how white world leaders, including those hiding under the cover of science or humanism, have a tendency to gang up on President Thabo Mbeki when he dares to lend an ear to the scientists who insist that the man-made disease theory, among others, deserve to be taken seriously.

African man of science and humanitarian Dr. Phillip Emeagwali wrote:

Quote:
"Religion is based on faith, while science is based on fact and reason - and science is neutral to race. Unfortunately, scientists are not neutral to race.

Take, for example, the origin of AIDS, an international disease. According to scientific records, the first person to die from AIDS was a 25-year-old sailor named David Carr, of Manchester, England.

Carr died on August 31, 1959, and because the disease that killed him was then unknown, his tissue samples were saved for future analysis.

The “unknown disease” that killed David Carr was reported in The Lancet on October 29, 1960. On July 7, 1990, The Lancet retested those old tissue samples taken from David Carr and reconfirmed that he had died of AIDS."

See: http://emeagwali.com/speeches/globalization/the-truth-about-globalization/index.html

Quickly, subsequent studies came to discredit this conclusion of a European (British) origin for AIDS.

See: http://www.aidsorigins.com/content/view/180/53/

Obviously, unlike Britain, Haiti does not have the necessary army of scientists to conduct quick studies to escape the consequences of the stigma associcated with such heavy accusations (CDC's 4H in the 1980s and now Worobey's). So, Worobey's latest storm will almost certainly cause more damage to Haiti than was ever suffered by Britain.

And, as we can see from the way the dominant media outlets treat information, it will be a while before truth and justice prevail in this debate. But, every now and again an honest voice is raised loud enough to remind us not to allow our brains to fall asleep and to remain vigilant. Dr. Paul Farmer's is one such voice:

See: AIDS and Accusations: Haiti and the Geography of Blame
http://www.ucpress.edu/books/sale/pages/2728001.html


Finally, let me offer a quote from Brian Martin in "The burden of proof and the origin of acquired immune deficiency syndrome" http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/01ptrslb.html

"There is a distinct difference in the way that different theories about the origin of acquired immune deficiency syndrome have been treated, with the widely supported cut-hunter theory given relatively little scrutiny, while the oral polio vaccine theory has been subject to intense criticism. This difference in treatment cannot be explained as application of the scientific method. A better explanation is that the burden of proof is put on all contenders to the cut-hunter theory, giving it an unfair advantage, especially given that this assignment of the burden of proof appears to reflect non-scientific factors".

In Haitian culture we say that "Deceit gallops (ahead) for a hundred years, truth catches up to him in a single day". Kidonk, galope Worobey, galope !


Jafrikayiti
Ottawa, Canada
November 1, 2007


See also:
AID, AIDS, Experiments, Reparations and Red Herrings…
By Jafrikayiti, June 2001
http://www.windowsonhaiti.com/jafrik03.shtml

Other voices deserving to be heard, include:

Edward Hooper
http://www.aidsorigins.com/

Suppressed Science
http://www.suppressedscience.net/aids.html