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

You know what? I stand corrected. I glanced at two of the items, and just figured I knew what the rest said because I'm familiar these sorts of things. There are certain cultural considerations with regard to prescriptions that seemed racist to me but it is about the tendency to eat certain food and for example a medicine that contains a bit of sodium was considered not best for some groups if an alternative is available. But that page is pretty ridiculous.

However, behind the racism what I see is something different. It is more about the idea that there is something "cultural" as in not enlightened about enduring pain. Maybe I'm reading into it too much. But after I see the racism, I see the book casting like side-eye at people who will endure pain rather than ask for drugs.