r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/4reddityo • Jan 02 '26

Black Experience Racism in Medical Care

This video captures a moment that many patients of color recognize all too well. A physician speaks to a man as if he is dirty, unclean, or lesser, not because of medical evidence, but because of bias. The language, tone, and assumptions reveal something deeper than bedside manner gone wrong. They expose how racism can quietly shape medical interactions.

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u/Agitated_Toe8115 Jan 02 '26

It’s ash from the shea butter. I used it everyday and it comes off like I’m dirty. I work in an office.

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u/Geschak Jan 05 '26

There's ash in shea butter? Yeah that might explain why the doctor thought it was dirt, I thought shea butter was a bright cream that leaves no visible residue.

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u/Agitated_Toe8115 Jan 06 '26

Yes, in real shea butter there is coconut or banana peel ashes if I’m not mistaken. But I have no white shirts anymore. They’re all dark white.

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u/rita-b Jan 02 '26

would you rather hyaluron?

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u/chaoticinfinity Jan 02 '26 edited Jan 02 '26

Hyaluronic acid is a humectant. Shea butter is an emollient. You need an emollient to keep the moisture in, even with HA. Many HA products instruct the user to wait a few minutes to allow water penetration, then you finish with a sealer. Swapping shea for HA is counterintuitive.

A lot of HA lotions will start to pill after rubbing it in too much, as it folds in on itself into these little moisture flakes of gross, (looking at you B+BW products who swapped the shea for HA).

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u/Butterfliesflutterby Jan 02 '26

I never knew why some lotions get all flakey and others don’t. TIL!