(Found) End of Racism (and measles). Start of Bloodism

[TomMazanec]

Fifties or Sixties. Short story or (probably) novelette.
Amateur researcher (who is Negro) develops measles vaccine. It turns his skin red. He gives it to a female Caucasian (forget the relationship) and it turns her red too.
So they go all over the country putting the vaccine in the water to end Racism.
And people turn red, green, blue or yellow based on blood type. And start discriminating again.

 

[Tiggertim]

I think this was published in 1969 in Galaxy Science Fiction volume 28

 

[Tiggertim]

I think this was published in 1969 in Galaxy Science Fiction volume 28

 

[TomMazanec]

Well, Tiggertim, you found it. But do you need author and tile to count as "Found"?

 

[Tiggertim]

Well, Tiggertim, you found it. But do you need author and tile to count as "Found"?

Sorry, but even after a lot of searching I couldn't find those details, but hopefully I will have set one of the more experienced people here on the right track (I'm only beginning to contribute after having benefited from these peoples' experience previously).

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

The Coloured Element by Alice Laurance and William Carlson

I searched for the phrase 'how did you turn red' on this site:

The Unz Review

A Collection of Interesting, Important, and Controversial Perspectives Largely Excluded from the American Mainstream Media

www.unz.com

and voila! First entry in the results

 

[Pyan]

As it's the correct answer, Tom, I'm marking it as 'found'.

 

[TomMazanec]

Two authors. How does that kind of thing work in a short story?
Does one write one paragraph and the other write the next, back and forth?

 

[Vince W]

Author 1: Can you do me a favour and post this for me?
Author 2: Absolutely. *takes out pen and scribbles name under title*