The Cookout

[sourgrapes]

I don't know if anyone noticed this in their area or not but I work for a clinic and I have to tell you, there are not many black doctors around here. We have one in the entire clinic I work at and this is amongst something like 20 doctors or something. Like I have nothing against doctors of different race, color, whatever if you do the job right but I feel like for a lot of people, it would be more comforting talking about certain issues with someone who is more like you. Am I wrong in this thinking? I actually got called a racist by someone online for saying this. Black Americans have different health issues and concerns that often get overshadowed because a lot of doctors are Asian or white and don't really understand the differences in genetics. I think this leads to black people, especially women, being underdiagnosed with medical issues until it is far too late.

 

[Jay]

I don't know if anyone noticed this in their area or not but I work for a clinic and I have to tell you, there are not many black doctors around here. We have one in the entire clinic I work at and this is amongst something like 20 doctors or something. Like I have nothing against doctors of different race, color, whatever if you do the job right but I feel like for a lot of people, it would be more comforting talking about certain issues with someone who is more like you. Am I wrong in this thinking? I actually got called a racist by someone online for saying this. Black Americans have different health issues and concerns that often get overshadowed because a lot of doctors are Asian or white and don't really understand the differences in genetics. I think this leads to black people, especially women, being underdiagnosed with medical issues until it is far too late.

Yeah we definitely need more Black American Doctors.

 

[lexodyssey]

Yeah we definitely do. I was lucky to find a black doctor that also takes my current insurance but before that, I don't think I ever had a black doctor. It would be good to see more black doctors in pediatrics too. Kids would feel more comfortable going to a doctor they relate too and that would stay with them throughout their lives.

 

[sourgrapes]

Yeah we definitely do. I was lucky to find a black doctor that also takes my current insurance but before that, I don't think I ever had a black doctor. It would be good to see more black doctors in pediatrics too. Kids would feel more comfortable going to a doctor they relate too and that would stay with them throughout their lives.

That is a valid point too. Kids would for sure feel more comfortable. I know growing up I hated going to the doctor but I know if I had a doctor who was more like me, I would have felt a little less uneasy. I like how they try to say kids who feel more comfortable amongst people who look like them are racists now. Like this is our instinctual nature and it makes perfect sense. I know a lot more black women are entering the field these days but very few want to be doctors. I get that it is a hard job but surely there has to be more people out there who want to fill these roles. We can't all be nurses!

 

[SnakeyG]

Anybody discouraging black folk from not being in the health, law, educational, tech and the various fields of this country is not to be trusted.

We all play a part.