# Der Trihs Pitting du jour **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 7, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714 "2011-01-07T04:39:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 342
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/342 "2013-11-18T06:21:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Saying black people are more likely to get sickle cell than white people is not racist. > [@MrDibble](#): > > _Yes_, it is. Are Turks not White? Are Italians? Are Zulus not Black? And Somalis? It is _both_ wrong and racist to say Sickle cell is a Black trait. . . . I had thought it was a true correlation. But even if it’s wrong, how is it racist? It isn’t making a value judgement; it isn’t denigrating anyone. If I point to a guy and say, “Him, that black guy over there,” is that racist? It isn’t indicating that he is of lesser worth. But, go back to sickle cell. Can you expand on your point? Your discursions about Turks and Italians seems a non sequitur. If there really is a correlation between a population and a particular genetic ailment, why is it racist to observe this? For instance, only women get ovarian cancer: is that a sexist thing for me to say? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714)._