# Is it constitutional to give black and indigenous people vaccine priority?

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**Created:** [April 2, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-constitutional-to-give-black-and-indigenous-people-vaccine-priority/939246 "2021-04-02T16:46:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-constitutional-to-give-black-and-indigenous-people-vaccine-priority/939246/21 "2021-04-02T20:34:29Z")

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> [@doreen](#):
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> Has it been established that they are at higher risk _because_ of their race ( like the colorectal cancer screening mentioned above)?

Note that the higher colorectal cancer risk of African-Americans involves [socioeconomic and environmental as well as genetic factors](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5785537/). In general, race-correlated health vulnerabilities can’t be neatly compartmentalized as “just genetic” or “just socioeconomic”.

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