In the paper, he and his colleagues used the example of cystic fibrosis, which is underdiagnosed in people of African ancestry because it is thought of as a "white" disease.

The deadly disease White-Nose Syndrome, which was only first recorded in 2006, has killed countless hibernating bats in the eastern U.S..

It's the same as black people, who seem to be more at risk of sickle cell disease than white people but you're not going to attempt to cure 'blackness' to cure sickle cell.