“I could not tell them to just trust that their pain would be taken seriously, when I’ve seen countless doctors roll their eyes at Black children in pain. I could not tell them to just trust that their relatives would receive adequate medical workups when I know that Black patients are less likely than White patients to be referred for further testing.1 I couldn’t even tell them to just trust that the hospital would be a healing environment when I’ve seen White patients chant the N word in the faces of Black patients while an all-White staff did nothing.”
Published by D. Samarender Reddy
Writer & Poet, living in Hyderabad, India. Holds degrees in Medicine (MBBS) and Economics (MA, The Johns Hopkins University). Certified programmer. An avid reader. Worked in various capacities as a medical writer, copywriter, copyeditor, software programmer, newspaper columnist, and content writer. Philosophical in outlook. Bachelor. Vegetarian. Check out my blog @ https://self-realization.blog View all posts by D. Samarender Reddy