Seeing lots of posts about the dairy industry today and remembering things I learned about the dairy lobby and how big dsiry has pushed the narrative of being healthy when its not exc.. including in our schools.

There is one aspect I only recently learned and wondered why its its not a part of the conversation.

People of color have MUCH higher rates of lactose intolerance. Like 90% in people with African decent.. and for people with European ancestry its less than 20%.
Many people don't even know they have it. Just lots of stomach problems like cramping and diarrhea..
I learned this a a white person after raising my 2 latina kids to teenagers with stomach problems all the way and never knowing. Not bad problems but talked to doctors about it along the way and it was never suggested. It turns out that dairy pills help and not drinking milk.

This is the thing. What about school lunch where every kid gets milk ( and no water) to drink and the teachers bully them to finish it and we tell all the kids to drink the milk!!! At our school even kids who don't get free lunch get free milk..

All these decades have we unintentionally been forcing 90% of the children of color to have cramping and diarrhea every day at school because of our national obsession with milk?

And with our national obsession with not letting kids go to the bathroom to much and shaming them or telling them its irresponsible and or disrespectful to do so except for certain times?

That bathroom part was a big thing at my kids school. My shy one in elementary kept peeing herself on the bus cuz she was scared to go. Then in middle snd HS they had "employability points" that they would take away if they went during class.

Anyway back to the race aspect.. thats real messed up if we made all the brown kids have hurting tummies all these years. Its no small thing to be stuck sitting in a chair PaYiNg AteNtIoN and BeHaViNg!!! if you have cramping and diarrhea.