Openly racist explanation of different peoples reaction to pain in an American medical textbook.

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    [–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

    Seriously? Did you even read the text? It's this close to getting out the calipers and measuring their skull dimensions. The one for blacks is racist as fuck. How do you not see this?

    [–]insta 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

    It seems to be more inaccurate or outdated than anything (at least from my experience as a healthcare worker). The concept of different groups having different healthcare needs is widely accepted.

    [–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

    Oh, so open racism is widely accepted where you work. Aren't you a wonder.

    [–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    If you give everyone the same treatment some groups will have significantly worse results.

    People who really care about racism will try to work out why that is and improve understanding.

    [–]insta 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

    It's more akin to profiling than actual racism. Again, different people have different health needs.

    You wouldn't ask a 20-something year old the same question in the same order as you would a 60-something year old. You just don't. It's a waste of time and your virtue signaling could lead to worse health outcomes for the patient. The same applies to different demographics as well.

    Your virtue signaling in these scenarios could literally cost someone their life. If you come into the ER with chest pain and having shortness of breath you're more often than not experiencing an overdose, the same is not said about a 60-year old obese man. It's just stupid to operate in this world where everyone are individual actors completely unlike other people.

    [–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    Age isn't the same as the racist stereotyping this book is engaging in.

    [–]insta 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    Age profiling and race profiling really aren't as different as you want them to be. You just view one as more socially accepted than the other.

    [–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Age is a biological reality. Race is not.

    [–]insta 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    You don't believe race is biological? Dude that's flat out science denial.