TheAnalyst504
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A sobering thought hit me during the process of my wife's pregnancy and the birth of my child, who depends on other people as much as we do? Additionally, under the premise of "equality", what other racial/ethnic group would be as willing as we are to seek out and patronize black businesses/ professionals?
Some background, my wife's pregnancy came with a myriad of doctors visits/appointments. Each appointment being helped by a white doctor, white nurse, white tech, and maybe a non-white receptionist. During delivery and postpartum, there were a few black nurses and a black doctor that assisted my wife and child, but you still kind of get overwhelmed. Like it doesn't set in on you that you have not seen many black medical professionals, then boom it hits you. The most important thing to you at the time is the health of your wife and child, but it was like a big commercial for "good" white people. Every help call, IV check, and temperature check is like one big commercial. Furthermore, most of the black people you see in the hospital are in service positions. This is intense imagery while you are in a vulnerable position. This is particularly noteworthy when you live in a city with a significant black populace.
Situations like these really make me consider the conundrum that faces blacks in this country and abroad.
1. How do you encourage and maintain a healthy suspicion of white people when every time you turn around here you need a white person to "help" you? You know, your doctor is white, the police officer is white, the emergency first responder is white, the school principal is white, the judge is white, your hiring manager was white etc.
2. How can we start to mobilize to take care of our own needs as a people? I'm not talking far fetched things I mean basic stuff like tutoring shorties, looking out for the elderly, preemptive legal consultation, and health services not just contraceptives.
In moments like the one mentioned above, I can see how confusion sets in for black people.
That confusion being non-suspicion of white people, and the
for white people that we see everyday.
Coli Brehs share your thoughts.
Some background, my wife's pregnancy came with a myriad of doctors visits/appointments. Each appointment being helped by a white doctor, white nurse, white tech, and maybe a non-white receptionist. During delivery and postpartum, there were a few black nurses and a black doctor that assisted my wife and child, but you still kind of get overwhelmed. Like it doesn't set in on you that you have not seen many black medical professionals, then boom it hits you. The most important thing to you at the time is the health of your wife and child, but it was like a big commercial for "good" white people. Every help call, IV check, and temperature check is like one big commercial. Furthermore, most of the black people you see in the hospital are in service positions. This is intense imagery while you are in a vulnerable position. This is particularly noteworthy when you live in a city with a significant black populace.
Situations like these really make me consider the conundrum that faces blacks in this country and abroad.
1. How do you encourage and maintain a healthy suspicion of white people when every time you turn around here you need a white person to "help" you? You know, your doctor is white, the police officer is white, the emergency first responder is white, the school principal is white, the judge is white, your hiring manager was white etc.
2. How can we start to mobilize to take care of our own needs as a people? I'm not talking far fetched things I mean basic stuff like tutoring shorties, looking out for the elderly, preemptive legal consultation, and health services not just contraceptives.
In moments like the one mentioned above, I can see how confusion sets in for black people.
That confusion being non-suspicion of white people, and the
for white people that we see everyday.Coli Brehs share your thoughts.
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Just because some white folks were nice to you doesn't mean they can't be evil and/or racist. One of the most racist things that has been said to me came from one of the nicest white girls I've ever met who I used to befriend until she crossed the line and I cut her off (after giving her a good old cursin out of course).
