Huffpost Black Voices – Spoken Edition

The British National Health Service has no time for racist Twitter trolls. Its official blood service account on Friday expertly destroyed a tweeter who posted a vile comment in response to an appeal for more black blood donors to help patients with sickle cell anemia. The inherited disease causes patients’ red blood cells to alter shape in ways that block the flow of blood and oxygen. Itdisproportionatelyaffects black people.