| ▲ | cogman10 2 days ago | |
> your wife was victimized by the very people I describe No, she wasn't. The people you describe didn't dismiss her symptoms or assume her motives for coming in. Perhaps the medical staff became more predisposed to make those assumptions after interacting with black people just looking for a doctor's note. But, it's entirely on them for judging someone solely on their appearance. Here's the truth about cognitive bias and racism, you ignore the misses and focus on the hits. I completely believe you that you dealt with "hoodrats" who came in just wanting a note to get off work. Have you considered that you prejudged people as not needing help because of those interactions? Did that change the way you interacted or did you continue to divide people into hoodrats and deserving? The problem is that "hoodrat" behavior isn't confined to black people, plenty of white people also use the ER to get a doctor's note. The commonality is poverty. The problem is you've misidentified the problem as being caused by "hoodrats". People using the ER for general care or even to just get off work isn't them being bad people. It's understandable behavior in a nation without good working rights or healthcare. And, for the record, not everyone has treated my wife like this. But enough have. It still comes up. Because, as I'm sure your aware, chemo and immuno therapy can have mild appearing symptoms that are ultimately serious. That means that we do sometimes need to go to the ER because of excessive diarrhea on a weekend when oncology is closed. We do still have to deal with dismissive medical staff that first treat her openly hostile and then change their tune when "I have cancer and am on chemo and immuno, my doctor has told me to come in" come out. That's not my wife being "victimized" by hoodrats. It's people with racist biases that never take the time to question if they are prejudging people unjustly. | ||
| ▲ | mothballed 2 days ago | parent [-] | |
When people come in for treatment, they're able to provide a chief complaint. This is usually the first thing you tell the lady at the desk or whoever approaches you. What you're asking medical care professional to do is dismiss their chief complaint, and assume their motive isn't exactly what they stated. If someone comes in and states "I need a doctors note for flu" or "I slept with someone with chlamydia" then the medical care professional will assume that is their motive for coming in. You act as if it's made up. What's ironic here is what you're advocating is for doctors to do the exact opposite of what you want. You should be thankful that they don't just assume their motives are what they state and the actual situation, because that's how they catch stuff like cancer. And yes it is often found that something other than the chief complaint is the underlying cause. >t's people with racist biases Lol sounds like you might be the racist. I never mentioned anyone's race. Any race or nationality can be a hoodrat[], but for some reason you jumped straight to you're wife's skin color (and seemingly presumed from that she is a hoodrat, lmao). Whatever it is you think I've done, I can at least say one thing. I've at least never shamelessly used my wife's medical condition as bait for debates on the internet as a trump card to garner enough sympathy to look over what you've said blatantly doesn't fit the criteria of misuse supplied. | ||