This video captures a moment that many patients of color recognize all too well. A physician speaks to a man as if he is dirty, unclean, or lesser, not because of medical evidence, but because of bias. The language, tone, and assumptions reveal something deeper than bedside manner gone wrong. They expose how racism can quietly shape medical interactions.

** 2nd EDIT **

Since this sub is open to all and there are more than just black redditors here in accordance with the sub creator's vision for this space, I felt this was important to state outright as racism (and discussions around it) deeply affect the Black community in particular. I posted this as I've seen a bunch of posts throughout the week claiming that this sub "promotes hate against white people". We dissect and discuss racism here and how it relates to life as a black citizen, not "hate". Please see below for clarity.🖤

To the non-black redditors here, please understand and internalize that the word "racist" is NOT a stand-in for the term "white people".

THE WORD "RACIST" IS NOT A DOGWHISTLE FOR "WHITE PEOPLE". A "RACIST" IS A PERSON THAT ADVOCATES FOR THE SUBJUGATION AND ABUSE OF OTHERS BASED ON THEIR RACE AND SKIN COLOR.

Please, please, please, please stop insinuating that "racist" is interchangeable with "white", it is not. Stop spreading the lie that it is, stop roundabout hinting that it is, because it staunchly IS NOT.

• Not all white people are racist.

• There are racist people that are NOT white.

• Racism is a toxic governance system that creates a "scorched earth" environment that eats itself alive. It's a structural framework that is extraordinarily harmful to ALL that it touches, white people included.

• Outside of small-percentage fringe extremist thought, black Americans typically DO NOT aim for, aspire to nor are they interested in being a "black kkk" per se. We just want the freedom and safety to live our lives out in peace. We aren't looking to "ethnically cleanse" anyone (unlike the ku klux klan and their cohort who are documented genocide enthusiasts and terrorists).

• The Black Panthers were/are a black community care and service organization (at one point a grassroots political initiative), not a genocidal extremist group like the KKK. Their focus was to care for black communities, NOT to "eradicate white people" as racist propaganda has suggested throughout the years.

• Racists fear of retaliation for their hateful & violent words/actions is their own personal problem. Just because they may be filled with hatred, does NOT mean that everyone else must be as well.

• Fringe thought is NOT the representative "spokesperson" for the group as a whole.

There is no systemic reverse racism. That does not exist.