[SonnyBubba]

I was recently told by an educated successful black man that aids was invented to kill all black people.
He really believes it!!!!!!!!!!

[kjo]

I’ve heard the AIDS story too; invented in a top secret Maryland lab to kill blacks and homosexuals. Also heard that after slavery is brought back, those blacks not strong enough to work would be taken to concentration camps and killed.

Along with Rove and Bush causing nine-eleven, these stories are widely believed among the poor and ill-educated.

[randita]

I was recently told by an educated successful black man that aids was invented to kill all black people. He really believes it!!!!!!!!!!

Congresswoman Maxine Waters went on a tirade many years ago that crack cocaine was introduced by the CIA into inner cities to destroy the black community.

[PallMal]

Reminds me of another incident:

Around 16 or so years ago in New York City, there was a rumor that an inexpensive soft drink under the brand name "Tropical Fantasy" made "black men sterile". Due to this rumor, the sales of "Tropical Fantasy" soda fell something like 50% in neighborhoods in Harlem and Brooklyn.

There was even a press conference where Dinkins, who was mayor at the time, had to take a swig of Tropical Fantasy to show everyone that it was safe to drink.

Hillarious, if not saddening.