Current Events > 25% of doctors think black people have thicker skin than white people

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843483/

WTF!? Do they think black people are part Rhinos?

When I am ask how much does something hurt when I am at the doctor/trainer I always over shoot due to this. So like if my pain level is a 5 I tell the doc that is a 9. Unless I have black doctor then I am honest.

I haven't clicked on the link, but iirc, doctors are less likely to respond to Black people's claims of pain than others

LoDsdeath posted...

WTF!? Do they think black people are part Rhinos?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/9/0/AAdlC_AACxPm.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/9/1/AAdlC_AACxPn.jpg

They're mistaken. The rhino was the white guy.

Well known in the medical profession that many of us dismiss the pain claims of black people, for whatever reason, sadly. Even in the younger generations who are constantly reminded and told not to.

Specifically, this work reveals that a substantial number of white laypeople and medical students and residents hold false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites and demonstrates that these beliefs predict racial bias in pain perception and treatment recommendation accuracy.

We needed to, to have to have endured their shit for so long.

More than a century ago, there were doctors who advocated the practice of Black people dodging baseballs at carnivals on the grounds that they supposedly had thicker bones and fewer pain receptors.

It's sad to see that there are people in the medical profession today who still believe such myths. Last time I checked, melanin didn't provide any additional padding.

Though it is well-known that doctors are less likely to prescribe pain medication to Black patients.

This is what we get for not brutalizing the fuck out of racism in our culture.

Not that the status quo ever wanted to do anything about racism, just, this is the result of it.

This is both unsurprising and horrifying

FortuneCookie posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/9/0/AAdlC_AACxPm.jpg
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They're mistaken. The rhino was the white guy.

Oh wow when you're so fugly the horrific rhino mutation is an improvement

LoDsdeath posted...

WTF!? Do they think black people are part Rhinos?

i mean doctors should probably know better but considering men have thicker skin than women the misconception itself really isn't as absurd as you're making it out to be

unless men are part rhinos

Literally or metaphorically?

Number090684 posted...

We needed to, to have to have endured their shit for so long.

I was toying with making that joke myself, lol.

This is some serious bullshit. It's always depressing thinking about how theoretically smart people can also buy into racism, literally the dumbest thing ever. Adults aren't supposed to think minor visual differences change things completely, they were supposed to have to learn that sort of shit in kindergarten right there with object permanence.

Irony posted...

Literally or metaphorically?

This is important

Idk how true this is but in gyms I've heard that black people have "tighter" skin which makes their muscles look more defined. probably bs

I thought you meant figuratively. You meant literally. -_-

SauI_Goodman posted...

I thought you meant figuratively. You meant literally. -_-

Yeah, should have clarified that. It's from the data table saying "Blacks skin is thicker than whites with 25% of residents saying "yes, they agree with that". 14% also think that "Blacks age more slowly than whites" which is really weird too.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843483/

Racial bias in the health care system has unfortunately been documented before, so this isn't surprising. It's no wonder there's a wariness within the black community. There's anecdotal and statistical evidence.

berlyman101 posted...

Idk how true this is but in gyms I've heard that black people have "tighter" skin which makes their muscles look more defined. probably bs

It's total bs.

Being tan makes you look cut is all.

I've experienced this myself. This is why I get a sense of relief if a black doctor is assigned to me if I'm in the emergency room ngl.

Thats all kind of fucked up, but Im sad to say Im not surprised.

Taharqa_ posted...

I've experienced this myself. This is why I get a sense of relief if a black doctor is assigned to me if I'm in the emergency room ngl.

I had to see a specialist one time and in the examination room was a picture of the doctor standing with both Reagan and Bush.

I looked up at the picture of the smiling trio and just thought to myself, "I'm dead".

LoDsdeath posted...

Blacks age more slowly than whites" which is really weird too

That one just on my experiences seems true just as far as physical looks go. I know it's not an absolute of course but it's common enough if I see a black guy with gray hair I assume he's pretty darn old. Mostly men come to think of it. Perhaps cause from what I've seen at least in groups my age and up they are more prone to using products on their skin than a white man. Idk drunken speculation that they just perhaps take better care of their skin on average.

Otherwise I know better cause I've heard em bitch and moan about aches pains and other medical issues just like everyone else.

On topic. This sounds like some bs they are spinning cause they probably think blacks are just trying to get some pain meds to get high on.

Off topic reminds me when I got irritated at a nurse when I was with a inmate at the hospital. He asked for pain medication and said his pain level was a 6. She told him in a trying to help him out kinda way that he needed to say 7. She went ahead and got it for him anyways. Then next time he said 6 again but then corrected himself qnd said he meant 7. Having worked around this guy I knew he liked to get high. He had chemicle burns on his dick though so I kept my mouth shut.

cjsdowg posted...

When I am ask how much does something hurt when I am at the doctor/trainer I always over shoot due to this. So like if my pain level is a 5 I tell the doc that is a 9. Unless I have black doctor then I am honest.

Most doctors think we're lying about pain so we can steal the pain medd and sell them later.

Government hospitals suck ass too it's like the 4th world standards. Wanted to see a doc, waited 9 hours then just gave up.

I can't even imagine how annoying it must be to be a black female patient in America.

cjsdowg posted...

When I am ask how much does something hurt when I am at the doctor/trainer I always over shoot due to this. So like if my pain level is a 5 I tell the doc that is a 9. Unless I have black doctor then I am honest.

When did you start typing like this?

doctors be like, black people: +1 natural ac

DarkRoast posted...

I can't even imagine how annoying it must be to be a black female patient in America.

They have crazy high maternal mortality, IIRC. Like, way higher than white women. Which makes me super worried when my black friends and coworkers are trying to get pregnant or are pregnant.

ElatedVenusaur posted...

They have crazy high maternal mortality, IIRC. Like, way higher than white women. Which makes me super worried when my black friends and coworkers are trying to get pregnant or are pregnant

If it tells you anything, even as a white (technically half-Chinese but you can't tell) female physician, anytime I go to a physician for my own medical problems, it's always assumed to be psychologic. Even though I'm a f****** INTJ emotionless asswipe (and a doctor)

DarkRoast posted...

If it tells you anything, even as a white (technically half-Chinese but you can't tell) female physician, anytime I go to a physician for my own medical problems, it's always assumed to be psychologic. Even though I'm a f****** INTJ emotionless asswipe (and a doctor)

Wow. Now that Im an out trans woman, I just know Im going to have a great time. Heard horror stories in regards to that too.

Butreally? Ugh, our society sucks so much

berlyman101 posted...

Idk how true this is but in gyms I've heard that black people have "tighter" skin which makes their muscles look more defined. probably bs

Robot2600 posted...

It's total bs.

Being tan makes you look cut is all.

Correct. It has to do with lighting. It's why body builders tan, or fake tan. The darker color draws the eye towards the highlights that the definition of the muscles creates against the skin.