My black friend said black people can't drink milk. What's wrong with milk?

theramengirl · 26-30, C

Some of these comments... It's not that we cannot drink milk, it's the lactose (sugar enzyme) that makes milk hard to digest for [i]some[/i] of us. We are not a monolith because we have different diets depending on where we are from.

Milk is drank in some African countries, but it's mainly goats milk I believe which is similar to human breast milk. At least that's what I've read.

EuphoricTurtle · 41-45, M Best Comment

[quote] While most of the world cannot comfortably digest milk, a portion of the white population, originating from cold Scandinavian countries where drinking other species’ milk was a survival tool, can digest it with ease.

However, lactose-intolerance is not the worst of milk’s harms. Research links milk consumption to a host of serious health problems, including cancer and heart disease. There are significant [racial disparities in these milk-related illnesses, with groups including [African-Americans, Latinos], Native Americans and Native Hawaiians suffering the worst effects. [/quote]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/milk-a-symbol-of-neo-nazi-hate-83292