If Ethan Couch has such a problem with being wealthy, then he should try being poor. With the jobless rate for African Americans still twice that of whites, Johnson and I have coined a term that we believe can cover all of the social ills plaguing the African-American community: "$#@!betes."
$#@!betes, a mashup of “$#@!” and “diabetes,” is a disease that affects all African Americans. While it can be dormant in some and rampant in others, it runs in the blood, traced back to slavery, and cannot be transmitted from personal contact. $#@!betes is not airborne. While in very rare cases it can be deadly, it is a manageable progressive disease that, like its namesake, is categorized into two subclasses.
Type 1 sufferers of $#@!betes can manage their disease with a steady diet of highbrow literature and a solid education. In such cases, their exposure to the experiences of Type 2 $#@!betes sufferers (getting arrested at high-end department stores, random bouts of racial profiling, etc.) is rare and may be nonexistent.
For Type 2 sufferers, all cases are extremely debilitating and could result in severe injury or worse. They are usually negatively affected by a social justice system that doesn't care about their needs. They can be sensitive to a school system that is underfunded, and as a result they may have difficulties managing a working world that demands a proper education. Generally they are prescribed three to four shots of self-affirmation, positive belief and prayer. When left unmanaged, $#@!betes can be deadly.
I can hear the lawyers now: “This is a clear case of Type 2 $#@!betes, your honor.”
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