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If a black kid in a racist society decided that he wanted to look whiter in order to avoid racist expectations, would it be appropriate for doctors to prescribe a skin bleaching treatment, or would we see this as an issue of social injustice and racism that medicine shouldn't support harming individuals over? And would the treatment in fact be doing harm to the entire black community?

I know it's not a perfect analogy, but it seems to be similar in important ways.