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It got a lot of attention because of the size of the scam and she came from a place of money which she used to further her goals.

Imagine if this was a non-white male CEO, could you imagine how different public opinions would've been? She got some sort of soft landing because she was white, gender and her family wealth.

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> Imagine if this was a non-white male CEO

Sure, I can imagine. Look at the "Bridge" detox device which is being pushed by a Filipino American male. No randomized, blind clinical trials showing it works, but it is being used all over America in clinics where it is not covered by insurance. I'm guessing you've never heard of this scam, so I would say that public opinion about it is indifference rather than outrage.

Yeah, but public attitudes toward substance abuse treatment vs. “real” medicine are substantially different, in part because the former is widely seen as only needed by moral reprobates.

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