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That said, the article did say she has a history of using racist rhetoric (called 3 and 5 year old children n**gers in the past).
I'll also note that I do prefer a doctor who speaks English without a heavy accent. I can understand some accents and if they aren't overwhelming, then we are fine, but I do honestly prefer a black American doctor. Due in part because I can understand them and because I feel they care about me more as an individual. I don't care about the gender of a doctor and in an emergency situation, I don't even care if the doctor has a heavy accent, I just want the first one available.
My uncle is an emergency room doctor; he is a white man. He said a lot of patients asked for "American" doctors . "American" doctor is the codeword for white doctors sometimes; but most times, "American" doctor just means English speaking doctors.
I think this woman has the right to make the "demand" as long as she understands the fact that sometimes, the best doctors are not white.
I think the blue is more accurate. I also would prefer an English speaking doctor as noted above. I have asked for an "American" customer service rep before as well over the phone lol. I didn't mean white - I meant anyone who is an American. Usually when I asked for an American rep or a supervisor I got what I felt was a black representative (based on the name and conversation).
I also have asked people at fast food restaurants to put an American on the phone when the person who didn't speak English didn't understand my food catering order at a place I used to work. In Atlanta it was kind of funny for my co-workers since the owner at this particular restaurant was from Bangladesh and mostly his family/friends from that community worked in the restaurant. They had one black American girl who worked there who had a horrible Atlanta accent but when some of the immigrant workers were answering the phone, they could never get my order right so I'd always tell them to "put the black girl on the phone." If it was the owner of the restaurant, he was fine since he'd been in the country the longest. He had an accent but was easy to understand and he understood English. But it is frustrating trying to get a simple thing done and the person cannot help because of a language barrier.
I really don't care what color the doctor is....to tell you the truth. I just want someone who knows what they are doing, which I imagine most doctors do who matriculated and graduated from certified medical schools.
My wife, however, given that I now live in a very white metropolitan area, has wanted our kids to see black doctors whenever possible. They are kind of like "role models" that demonstrate that you can be that too. In fact, one of our kids is aiming at becoming a doctor. I think that it is beneficial, especially for poor black kids, to come in contact with as many black professionals as they can. They need to see other images of blacks than what one generally finds in the environs of concentrated poverty. In certain metro areas, with high black population, you should see it more without having to seek it out.
I agree with your wife as well. I do think that is important but for my kids I've never really set out to have them see a black doctor since we know some within the family. But when I was a kid, my mom and all the black parents in our area all went to the one black pediatrician we had in our city at the time. They did it for the same reason your wife does.
I have a nephew who wants to be a physician and due to the very small amount of black American physicians today, I'm doing everything I can to help him prepare for college and medical school so that he can succeed in this goal. He grew up primarily in the inner city but luckily goes to a very good private high school due to the voucher system in our state so I am helping to ensure he takes the right AP courses and gets ACT/SAT tutoring so that he can get a good scholarship and be knowledgeable about the subjects he will have to study as a pre-med candidate.
I have asked for an "American" customer service rep before as well over the phone lol. .
lol I know exactly what you are talking about.
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