turning my grief into anger at racial healthcare disparities bc why the fuck was a fucking DOCTOR mocking my grandmother who had Just been diagnosed with fucking stomach cancer about what he assumed her diet to be!! "oh i bet you eat plenty of hamhock and fried chicken and pork chops 🤗" and the nurses neglecting her bc "oh you're independent you can do this yourself ☺️". we know that if she'd gone to see someone as soon as she had symptoms they would have dismissed everything outta hand. no fucking wonder she waited so. fucking. long bc she knew Exactly how black people (Especially black women) are treated in by the majority of medical professionals: like god damn animals.
like wow ok. the concept of "medicine" is just a another tool this country uses to demoralize, dehumanize, and kill black people all while shaking them upside down until the money stops falling out.
i saw a post abouts lesbians in healthcare that was like "it sucks but ive received more comprehensive care when i lie about wanting to get pregnant" and for fat people "tell me what your diagnosis would be if i was 50, 100, 150 lbs lighter" and black people dont get that!! we cant lie and say "treat me as if i was three shades lighter" bc the biases from even seeing dark skin are so deeply embedded in the way people learn about medicine!!
