When the patient refuses a black provider but the whole team black

[Takket]

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[jpak]

1. Those are some bad girls

[DURHAM D]

2. Love that. nt

[Marrah_Goodman]

3. Hahahaha!!!!!!

[llashram]

4. exactly

And if "the patient" had needed a blood transfusion, I would let them know from who's blood stream it came from...

[PhylliPretzel]

7. And would "the patient"

refused a blood transfusion if they found out the process was made possible by a black physician?! Charles Drew was an African American surgeon who pioneered methods of storing blood plasma for transfusion and organized the first large-scale blood bank in the U.S.

[llashram]

8. this

[Aristus]

11. During World War II, the racist military establishment insisted that blood plasma

be segregated by white donors and black donors. Dr. Drew protested by asking if the enemy was separating their bullets "for white troops and for black troops".

[BobTheSubgenius]

14. Surely no one would go that far, would they? I mean...ignoring the already indefensible notion

that one is somehow receiving "tainted care" at the risk of one's life? Outrageous, hateful AND stupid.

I think sales of peanut butter are still strong, so....

[lame54]

17. ...

[groundloop]

5. Certainly nobody in this day and age would refuse the services of a doc based on skin color......

Oh, wait a minute..... NEVER MIND.

[MagickMuffin]

6. I could watch this all day!

And I did watch it several times.

[Rural_Progressive]

9. My wife had a real life experience of this sort

Before she retired from a regional medical center a dear friend, who was a participant, told her this story.

There was a skin head patient literally covered with white supremacy tats going into surgery. Just as he was going to sleep my wife's very black friend bent over and whispered in his ear that unlike you we don't care that you're white. I am your nurse, your scrub tech is Filipino, your anesthesiologist is Chinese, your surgeon is Lebanese. We don't care about your skin color, we will take the best care of you possible.

Sleep tight.

[Rebl2]

10. 👏👏👏

[RVN VET71]

13. My surgeon's one a them girl-lovin girls?

Oh, help me white Jesus, help me!

[Warpy]

12. I've always wanted to see that happen

because you know who got stuck with the bigot if the rest were all POC.

[TheBlackAdder]

15. I guess some patient is shit outta luck.

[Dukkha]

16. Reminds me of a classic All In The Family episode

When Archie Bunker received a blood transfusion from a black doctor donor

'when you come off the anesthetic, you might have a strange craving for watermelon!"

[dickthegrouch]

18. Reminds me of the "Marigold Hotel" movies

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1412386/

Well worth watching