I constantly have to deal with racism and homophobia. In Boston. In America. When I leave work and go home, I have to prepare to deal with the same prejudices the following day. Why would I ever go out of my way to read such stories in my spare time, as I recover from the day behind me?
"But this newsprint my colleague sent me stops me cold. It makes me pause. Perhaps because it hits home in a deeper way. It drives that knife of, sometimes constant, racial pain a little further than the others.
'Black Miami doctor handcuffed while helping homeless during pandemic.'
"The story goes on to talk about Dr. Armen Henderson, a doctor in internal medicine at The University of Miami Health System, being arrested. He is arrested while standing in front of his own home. Arrested while loading tents for undomiciled individuals during the coronavirus outbreak. Imagine the humiliation. Imagine the minority stress and subsequent fears this causes Dr. Henderson and his family."
Psychiatry resident pens timely piece about #discrimination against #minority physicians, new on in-House.
https://in-housestaff.org/covid-19-highlights-longstanding-discrimination-against-minority-physicians-1788