The documentary posits a link between vaccines and autism in African American boys. It’s a threat to black children,and De Niro should contain known better Robert De Niro pulls anti-vaccination film from Tribeca film festivalWhen Tribeca Film Festival founder Robert De Niro issued a statement in support of a screening of the film Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, directed by Andrew Wakefield, and shamed doctor and anti-vaccination activist,I was, like many, and appalled. And I was pleased when he pulled it. Only when I thought about it from the perspective of a parent did it construct even a minuscule amount of sense. De Niro’s 18-year-passe son Elliot with his wife Grace Hightower is autistic.
Parents of black and biracial kids – and in particular black and biracial sons – talk a lot about how systemic racism affects their lives,specifically in regard to police violence and profiling. And we should. But we don’t talk enough about the link between systemic racism and the health and wellbeing of our kids.
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Source: theguardian.com