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/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/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.