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

Not race, culture. Moronic modern scum can't even tell the difference between race and culture.

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

"Blacks" is not a culture.

Stereotyping like this is not only racist and offensive, it's factually wrong. All blacks do this? And you can tell that they do just by comparing their skin to a brown paper bag?

What shamefully wrong, utterly unscientific drivel. Why don't you get out the calipers and start measuring their skulls, it's about as accurate.

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

Filling out paperwork in the doctor's office is hell, but providers should have patients fill out optional paperwork that outlines a few things regarding their culture to refer to as they do their work up. That would clarify things instead of just going on assumptions. Stereotypes are a way to group people together, and it ends up being more harmful than not because Western societies are typically not only very individualistic, but there's been enough racial and cultural blending that it would be stupid to outright assume anything about someone based on appearance and basic information.

That said, there are still lab tests performed during pregnancy and other situations that do account for race/ethnicity/and even the countries that you've previously lived in due to different lab reference ranges and clinical evidence.