U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams is under fire from America's speech police for his use of slang they consider offensive to the 'black community' while he warned blacks and other minorities to quit smoking, drinking alcohol, and taking drugs.
I think the real reason they jumped on Adams is that he's a Trump pick for surgeon general post. And the booze, cigarette, and dope lobbies are surely outraged that such a high-visibility black is encouraging other blacks to cut loose those substances. I remember what it took to get alcohol and cigarette advertising billboards out of America's inner cities. Those ads were fiendishly clever. Designed to convey the idea to the poorest blacks that with Johnnie Walker Black scotch and Newport cigarettes they could still be part of mainstream America.
But let the speech police rant. Hat's off to Adams for his strong message, and his showing of the inhaler he always carries in case he gets an asthma attack.
The Daily Mail report on the kerfuffle has video of his speech. Worth watching.
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