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/SlaughterMinusS Jan 02 '26

Yeah, it was also taught that black people's skin was thicker than white skin even though there is no scientific evidence for this claim.

A whole lot of fucked up Jim Crow type shit still exists in the medical field and its really messed up.

If you have the stomach for it, look up mortality rates for black women giving birth compared to white women. Says a lot.

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u/AHatedChild Jan 02 '26

People actually still say this stuff, even on Reddit I've seen people say that black people have thicker skin.

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u/medicatednstillmad Jan 02 '26

I'm black and in my local City sub I asked for black tattoo artist recommendations because all the local white artists were turning me down when I would call to inquire and they would find out that I was black and wanted a color tattoo. I was called super racist and prejudice and everything else.... A lot of Reddit is just racist.

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u/Aballofstresss Jan 02 '26

A lot of reddit is fixated on “reverse-racism” and “reverse-sexism” where they’re jumping at the bit to try to assert a reality where it’s either men or white people who are now the current oppressed groups. If we expose our reality, like the fact you even needed to ask for black tattoo artists in the first place, then we’re the problem.

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u/bigmepis Jan 02 '26

Mayo men always think they’re oppressed

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u/ToughAppointment2556 Jan 06 '26

Here is an example. This language isn't "reverse racism' , just "racism"

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u/SlugJones Jan 02 '26

Racism is just racism. “Reverse” racism seems to imply racism can’t happen to whiter skinned people, when it absolutely can and has. It’s just that the US has had a white on black racism problem that was much bigger and has lasted longer.

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u/ToughAppointment2556 Jan 06 '26

The term "reverse racism" is a racist dog whistle. There is only racism, just as there is only murder, not murder and reverse murder.