i love minority midwifery student's blog. she is so sassy, sweet, and powerful. she makes me want to read a bell hooks book. right now. and it makes me want to make all the people i went to nursing school with (and the teachers) read one. now.
come to think of it, it makes me want to make everyone i know read a bell hooks book RIGHT NOW.
finally someone is talking about all that shit i talked to my partner about during nursing school:
why do we learn about the fact that patients of color are worse off in a hospital, but not learn
a) why that is and
b) what we can do about it as healthcare providers?
why are we made to study and be tested on ridiculous cultural and racial stereotypes?
and then, why do we wonder why these stereotypes persist and ultimately perpetuate the problems people of color have in the world of healthcare?
i don't have any of the answers. maybe bell hooks does. i'd love to talk to her about these things.
i remember some friends of mine talking about hanging out with a black family and commenting on how when their children played they would threaten, "i'm going to send you to the hospital!" that was their best threat. i'm thinking about that and i'm realizing how for people of color, that is a real threat. being stuck in a hospital is an even more dangerous place to be if you're skin isn't white or pink.
what can we do about this as compassionate healthcare providers?
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