Drop In Black Men In Medical School Will Have Alarming Affects On Community Health

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

There is quite a lot of information out there about racial disparities in the medical profession in the United States. Of course - it takes more effort to educate oneself than it does to live in a world of stereotypes and finger pointing.

http://www.amednews.com/article/20130225/profession/130229975/2/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2575862/

https://www.umhs-sk.org/blog/doctors-diversity-more-african-american-medical-students-needed/Caribbean-Medical-Schools

[Janelle2002 3,865]

There is quite a lot of information out there about racial disparities in the medical profession in the United States. Of course - it takes more effort to educate oneself than it does to live in a world of stereotypes and finger pointing.

http://www.amednews.com/article/20130225/profession/130229975/2/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2575862/

https://www.umhs-sk.org/blog/doctors-diversity-more-african-american-medical-students-needed/Caribbean-Medical-Schools

Reading and research is unheard of.

At least for some....

[Boiler 45,476]

This whole thread is a VJ tribute to stereotypes. Have no fear another one will be on its way.

[Not a Tailor 1,370]

No one is saying this is about evil racist white men. You are saying this.

The article is saying they are concerned because many black men don't go to the doctor as it is and when they do go they want a black doctor. You can thank the Tuskegee experiments and the Eugenics Society for this.

Isn't it great how racism makes a community afraid of the dominant society (due to things like Tuskegee) and then the community gets blamed and called racist for daring to be afraid?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Isn't it great how racism makes a community afraid of the dominant society (due to things like Tuskegee) and then the community gets blamed and called racist for daring to be afraid?

Yes it is. However, some VJers have a history of placing blame where it shouldn't be...

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

This whole thread is a VJ tribute to stereotypes. Have no fear another one will be on its way.

Sure. Some of the people here live their whole lives in stereotypes

[Boiler 45,476]

Sure. Some of the people here live their whole lives in stereotypes

I see you have been looking in a mirror.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I see you have been looking in a mirror.

Didn't know you were standing behind Venkman...

[khwaidee1 196]

I have a hard time believing that blacks in the 20- 35 age bracket would be afraid to go to a white doctor because of Tuskegee. I wonder if it is even part of our education system today.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I see you have been looking in a mirror.

Proof may be lacking here. Given that you have spent a lot of time and effort slamming Muslims en masse and in general, I feel this may be more true of you. Edited August 13, 2015 by Venkman

[Not a Tailor 1,370]

I have a hard time believing that blacks in the 20- 35 age bracket would be afraid to go to a white doctor because of Tuskegee. I wonder if it is even part of our education system today.

It's not necessarily a matter of them looking at a white doctor and saying "because Tuskegee, I shall not go to see you." It's more a matter of community feelings. If your parents and grandparents have always worried that a white doctor might experiment on them, you absorb those feelings, too.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I have a hard time believing that blacks in the 20- 35 age bracket would be afraid to go to a white doctor because of Tuskegee. I wonder if it is even part of our education system today.

You'd be surprised what we pick up outside of the school house. My mother has always made sure I was fully aware of what side of the fence we were on since I was younger. The education system, from what I've seen, doesn't even talk about these things.

[khwaidee1 196]

You'd be surprised what we pick up outside of the school house. My mother has always made sure I was fully aware of what side of the fence we were on since I was younger. The education system, from what I've seen, doesn't even talk about these things.

I probably would be surprised. But, being a bit older than the 20- 35 age bracket I don't know what they discuss or know. But, I have a hard time thinking that something that happened 83 years ago would a relevant topic of discussion presently let alone a reason not to go to a white doctor in 2015. Now my mom's husband knows of it but, he's 78.

[Not a Tailor 1,370]

I probably would be surprised. But, being a bit older than the 20- 35 age bracket I don't know what they discuss or know. But, I have a hard time thinking that something that happened 83 years ago would a relevant topic of discussion presently let alone a reason not to go to a white doctor in 2015. Now my mom's husband knows of it but, he's 78.

I'm 28, raised in a white community by a white mother and Canadian and *I* know about Tuskegee, along with many other cases of white medical professionals experimenting on people of colour. I've also experienced substandard care from white medical professionals who saw me passing as white and assumed that I was not in fact pale. I was, in fact very pale but they never checked my gums. POC doctors always check my gums to see if I'm pale.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I probably would be surprised. But, being a bit older than the 20- 35 age bracket I don't know what they discuss or know. But, I have a hard time thinking that something that happened 83 years ago would a relevant topic of discussion presently let alone a reason not to go to a white doctor in 2015. Now my mom's husband knows of it but, he's 78.

Think about the things folks are passionate about:

The Civil War ended 150 years ago, the South lost, but you still got people rocking Confederate flags and getting all up in arms about it.

The bomb dropped on Hiroshima 70 years ago, and there are some folks here still harboring a intense grudge against the Japanese.

The Jewish Holocaust was also 70 years ago, and I know that will NEVER be forgotten. I wish we would learn from them...

Black people might have their flaws, but one thing we always know. The tide can turn very quickly against us at any time. That's why I stay woke, and never get too comfortable.