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So many things wrong with this post that I don't even know where to begin. But for starters, why would you want to have medical professionals who treat patients unfairly because of unconscious prejudices? Again, this is also for the protection of medical professionals who may be accused of racism in the work place who could face lawsuits. It's not like they have to go back to medical school to complete the training. Did you even read the article? The governor is going to undergo the training herself, based on the recommendations of a coronavirus task force. And it's not even going to happen for 6 months to a year.
You live in Oakland right? So why the defense of this nitwit from MI who seems to put virtue signaling above common sense.
Yes I did read the article, but that does not mean just because she feels the need to take the training, everyone else must be forced to goose step to her belief system.
Also why the heck does a "coronavirus task force" have anything to do with bias training recommendations?
I don't know about you, but I want them focused on stopping the spread and finding a cure for the damn virus, not worrying about things outside of their mandate.
But then again, the leftists never want to let a tragedy go to waste. So they try to get XYZ accomplished that under normal circumstances would never be approved.
Just ask your friend across the bay, Nancy Pelosi.
Two other things.
One, you even imply by your post that medical professionals treat patients unfairly, even though there is no evidence of that.
Additionally if we were to take special training to help mitigate lawsuits (like that is going to make a difference in being sued or not) for every possible person offended by XYZ, then this world would grind to a halt.
We cannot allow people who have mental problems or inferiority complexes to dictate how normal people must act around them.
If someone was raised to be a grievance merchant or has a racial chip on their shoulder, that is their problem, not mine.
But here is the best part, if I am treating the patient for XYZ, their personal issues don't effect me nor the treatment I provide.
I am not going to be swapping spit with them, nor having a beer after I get off duty. You perform a medical task/procedure on them the same way, no matter their color, religion, etc.
Second, that governor was all over the people of her state to stay indoors and be on total lock down. YET, she herself went out in public without social distancing, all because she thought she was above her own commands.
I guess she thought it was a worthy cause, and let me guess, you probably approve, right?
But not people protesting to get back to work were bad and needed to be punished. So one group gets threatened, and the other she protests along with them.
Talk about hypocrisy at it's zenith.
So maybe that is the type of person you want to tell you what brainwashing you need, but most of us do not feel that medical professionals are racist nor biased in how they perform their duties, to help patients of all colors and creeds.
I've actually done implicit bias training for my job. It's not any different than having to watch videos about sexual harassment in the workplace online and answer obvious questions. Both are done to prevent lawsuits from happening.
Why are you so terrified of a more educated medical workforce?
There is nothing educational about this. When applying for a medical license for any medical profession you already sign a statement that you don't decide who gets care based on race, creed or color. We're there to help all people - no matter the color, gender or religious affiliation.
She's pandering to the left and there is no need to.
For starters, I want my medical personnel to be highly trained an educated in ,,,,,,,,,,,,,wait for it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the field of actual medical care.
They don't need to be subject to social engineering or leftist brainwashing.
Second, to the best of my knowledge there is no evidence that medical professionals are biased against minorities, nor treat them differently than whites.
However, and most importantly, I am not a sheep ( nor are others), that must be trained to think like some leftist kook wants me to.
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There is evidence. Maternal mortality among African American mothers, regardless of socioeconomic status, is far worse than among Caucasian mothers in the US. There is no reason why anyone who is getting appropriate medical care in a developed country should die in childbirth. Yet it still happens.
I've actually done implicit bias training for my job. It's not any different than having to watch videos about sexual harassment in the workplace online and answer obvious questions. Both are done to prevent lawsuits from happening.
Why are you so terrified of a more educated medical workforce?
We can't live in the past !!!
When a country is being transformed by necessity the education is transformed to indoctrination !!! We see that with bias training where white people must denounce anything associated with whiteness and accept the self-loathing baton passed to them !!!
We can all speculate how much time has to pass and how it all ends - The self-loathing educators are so disgusted and traumatized by their skin color they can't show up for work and damage others to the extent they have damaged themselves !!!
Nothing to do with what was taught in the past, remember, we don't live there !!!
If someone is truly racist, no amount of "bias training" will change that, they will sit through those classes rolling their eyes the whole time. In fact, I think this will make them even MORE racist because they're being forced to do something they don't want to do.
For starters, I want my medical personnel to be highly trained an educated in ,,,,,,,,,,,,,wait for it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the field of actual medical care.
They don't need to be subject to social engineering or leftist brainwashing.
Second, to the best of my knowledge there is no evidence that medical professionals are biased against minorities, nor treat them differently than whites.
However, and most importantly, I am not a sheep ( nor are others), that must be trained to think like some leftist kook wants me to.
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Actually, there’s a lot of evidence. All one has to do is look for it.
“Implicit Bias in Medicine
Implicit biases affect patient care, medical school admissions, faculty hiring, promotion and growth opportunities.5,6
It is at the heart of disparities in medicine. Such disparities are particularly prevalent in cardiovascular medicine, in which African-Americans are less likely than whites to receive evidence-based care for stroke, myocardial infarction and heart failure.7”
“ In 2005, the Institute of Medicine—a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization that now calls itself the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)—released a report documenting that the poverty in which black people disproportionately live cannot account for the fact that black people are sicker and have shorter life spans than their white complements. NAM found that “racial and ethnic minorities receive lower-quality health care than white people—even when insurance status, income, age, and severity of conditions are comparable.” By “lower-quality health care,” NAM meant the concrete, inferior care that physicians give their black patients. NAM reported that minority persons are less likely than white persons to be given appropriate cardiac care, to receive kidney dialysis or transplants, and to receive the best treatments for stroke, cancer, or AIDS. It concluded by describing an “uncomfortable reality”: “some people in the United States were more likely to die from cancer, heart disease, and diabetes simply because of their race or ethnicity, not just because they lack access to health care.” ”
There is evidence. Maternal mortality among African American mothers, regardless of socioeconomic status, is far worse than among Caucasian mothers in the US. There is no reason why anyone who is getting appropriate medical care in a developed country should die in childbirth. Yet it still happens.
Maybe it’s time for their culture to stop celebrating having a big fat ass.
Wow, not a single comment thus far about this leftist kooks insanity, that is bleeding over into every aspect of life in our country?
same thing happens on my threads. there are so many stories of leftist kook insanity that it practically no longer rates as news.
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Originally Posted by Vector1
It is bad enough the teachers are brainwashing our kids and those who send their kids to public schools do nothing about it.
But now Whitmer wants to mandate re-education camps for people who are not racist/biased, but are presumed to be, and must be made to comply with her projecting her own delusional beliefs on everyone else.
they always presume 'racism'. no evidence is needed.
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Originally Posted by southernnaturelover
If someone is truly racist, no amount of "bias training" will change that, they will sit through those classes rolling their eyes the whole time. In fact, I think this will make them even MORE racist because they're being forced to do something they don't want to do.
likely. and the automatic assumption that they are 'racist' in the first place will create resentment.
This woman is not only a kook, but also a budding totalitarian dictator in waiting.
If any segment of our society is not racially biased, it is the medical sector in how they treat patients. For her to imply otherwise, will only foment more racial bias suspicions where none should exist.
She is requiring the training to renew professional licences.
If I were an MD, nurse, paramedic, etc., I tell her to stick her requirement where the sun doesn't shine.
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So your argument is that there is absolutely no implicit bias in the medical community?
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