Celebrity Tipping Point

[anotheoldgit]

On Celebrity Tipping Point yesterday the celebrity who decided to take the cash rather than gamble it, was a 'celebrity' called Jamelia, when asked which charity she wished to gift her winnings to, she chose The Afro-Caribbean Leukaemia Trust.

Surely that dreadful illness effects everyone regardless of colour or creed, why do the black community wish to distance themselves from others, when it suits their purpose?

[ummmm]

Could it be Sickle Cell?

[donny48]

https://aclt.org/introduction-to-aclt/

[jackthehat]

Blimey.....You've hit the ground running this morning, AOG.

Jamelia is at liberty to donate money to causes close to her heart. Does it matter which she chose? Really??

[dannyk13]

AOG, the charity is for all regardless of colour or race.

[dannyk13]

https://secure.thebiggive.org.uk/charity/view/8012/aclt-(african-caribbean-leukaemia-trust)

[jno]

lol, maybe you shouldn't turn to them if you're particular about who your bone marrow comes from.

[naomi24]

They choose their charities, as you would.

[donny48]

When it comes to matching human leukocyte antigen (HLA) types, a patient’s ethnic background is important in predicting the likelihood of finding a match. This is because HLA markers used in matching are inherited. Some ethnic groups have more complex tissue types than others. So a person’s best chance of finding a donor may be with someone of the same ethnic background.

[maggiebee]

AOG please put brain in gear before putting mouth in action. Read the articles that donny and danny have linked - very interesting.

[anotheoldgit]

maggiebee

Please don't be so rude, I am not a medical expert and why the ethnic minorities are under represented when it comes to giving blood only they can answer that.

[dannyk13]

AOG, a little research on your part before posting would have been wise.

[bednobs]

Loads of people don't do their own research when it comes to asking questions on here. And then people give them the answer as has happened here.

[dannyk13]

Bednobs, the OP is more of a statement than a question.

[andy-hughes]

// Surely that dreadful illness effects everyone regardless of colour or creed, why do the black community wish to distance themselves from others, when it suits their purpose? //

Who says 'the black community wish to distance themselves' from anything?

One black celebrity donating to a charity of her coice does not equate to a statement on behalf of her entire culture - or did you hear something I missed?

[andy-hughes]

AOG - // Please don't be so rude, I am not a medical expert and why the ethnic minorities are under represented when it comes to giving blood only they can answer that. //

I think the answer to that is actually in your statement - 'minorities'.

minority
/mʌɪˈnɒrɪti,mɪˈnɒrɪti/
noun
plural noun: minorities
1.
the smaller number or part, especially a number or part representing less than half of the whole.

[Old_Geezer]

Surely the issue was not regarding the charity chosen, but why the charity was Afro-Caribbean by name if the disease was cross-race. Even stranger if it is helping all anyway. It's a strange world.

[dannyk13]

OG, you can get some answers by checking my link at 09.17.

[mccfluff]

The reason the name was chosen is due to a lack of donors from afro/caribbean and mixed race backgrounds, its specifically set up to try to encourage donors from those backgrounds, hence the name.
I'm on the donor list and the reason i signed up is because I read an article asking for mixed race or those with asian backgrounds to sign up to the register as they struggle in those areas too.

[anotheoldgit]

andy-hughes

/// I think the answer to that is actually in your statement - 'minorities'. ///

I am not comparing them to the majorities, so there was no need for you to patronise me by going to the trouble of copying and pasting a dictionary definition of the word minority.

It is a known fact that ethnic minorities are less likely to volunteer to give blood, that is why the National Blood Transfusion Service are always appealing for them to give blood.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2010/jul/08/organ-donation-health

/// Black, African and Caribbean people make up just 0.6% of active blood donors* despite representing 4.4% of England s population*, and Asians make up just 2.1% of active blood donors* despite representing 6% of England s population*, according to the latest figures released by NHS Blood and Transplant. ///

[Old_Geezer]

Even so, it'd have been better to advertise a more inclusive named trust in media used by the Afro-Caribbean community in order to encourage participation. The more we view ourselves as one society, rather than fragmented into opposing factions, the better for the whole nation. People will (as AOG did) draw conclusions from the name.