Comment by seesawtron | Hacker News Reader

Comment by seesawtron | Hacker News Reader

It seems to be the case of non-recognization of tribal epidemiology centers by the CDC as being public health organisations. Who makes this seemingly binary decision as to which entity falls under the "public" sector or not? Shouldn't this be already well-documented which entites fall under which jurisdiction?

"The tribal epidemiology centers were originally created to coordinate public health efforts between tribes and state and federal agencies. And under the Affordable Care Act, the centers are considered public health authorities on a par with state health departments and federal agencies such as the CDC. But Abigail Echo-Hawk, the director of the Urban Indian Health Institute, told POLITICO that the CDC has so far rebuffed the centers’ requests — telling her only that the data is nonpublic."

The US government seems to recognize tribal organizations as sovereign or not based on their whims at the moment, usually to the tribes disadvantage.

That’s the real systemic racism. It’s even more glaring since it happens on their land.

https://youtu.be/rRnHx3yVuf4?t=67

The US has commendable ideals.

Please don't discount other other groups experiencing systemic racism. This is another example of systemic racism, but it's not any more or less real than systemic racism against people of color.

I see what you're saying, and without GP disclosing exactly what kind of systemic racism is not "true", I agree with your objection, but it might have been an unfortunate way of wording.

The problem with even having it well-documented which entities fall under which jurisdiction is that you can just change your mind and fight and lose in the courts later when it serves the purpose of delaying the inevitable outcome.

It is often the case that the nation-to-nation relationship is very complex. But even where it is simple the existence of the relationship as a barrier can be exploited to the detriment of the citizenry. (IMO in Canada the courts have been getting fed up with these maneuvers and are levying large penalties in the hopes of deterring the strategy.)

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