RACE Black Doctors and Pilots

Milkweed Host

Milkweed Host

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Profit of Doom said:
Was that a condition for a transfusion?
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That's been a long time ago, but, I don't believe her injuries were that bad.

Most ER doctors know that we wish to get in and out before that occurs.
Went we arrive in the ER, we are seen but stay out of the way. ER doctors quickly
understand the urgency of a blood test and will usually allow us to do our job
while the patient continues to receive care, and of course, patient care is always first.

Again, I don't remember many portions of this crash, but do remember the outstanding
job I witnessed. There were no problems with this case as it went through the court system
without any obstacles.

Again, you question on a transfusion, I really don't remember.
 
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Publius

TB Fanatic
Macgyver said:
I'm guessing my sarcasm was not detected properly.
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I'm not picking on you but was pointing out that anyone that had a direct part in WWII how old they will be today,
My grandfather if he were still alive would be 98 and he took part in the great turkey shoot and took Guam back from the Japs.
 
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NCGirl

Veteran Member
United airlines is now looking to have 50% of their pilots be of a race other than white. To me, that tells me that the color of their skin is more important than their ability to fly a plane. Maybe the black pilot is the best of the best. Or maybe he is hired because he is black.

As I said, one of the best Drs I ever had was black. But these days universities accept and pass students who are not as competent as their white or Asian counterparts. Maybe that black doctor got into school and hired because he is a great doctor, or maybe because his skin is dark. But in light of all this diversity at all costs I will not willingly use him.

If I have to go to the ER and the attending physician is black I'll just cross my fingers and hope for the best...
 
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NCGirl

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Barry Natchitoches said:
I understand the logic here, and in general, agree with the OP.

However, my current GP is probably the best doctor I have had in my life. i trust him in a world where it is getting very difficult to trust ANYBODY in the medical profession.

And he is black - only in his late 30s - a graduate of Meharry medical school in Nashville. I have been seeing him for seven years now. The ink wasn’t even dry on his diploma when my wife and I began going to him.

He is actually better with my wife’s cancer than her doctor at the cancer clinic. They shortchange her at every turn. Do bare minimum testing, for example. They let little stuff go untreated.

But not this relatively young, black doctor. He watches her like a hawk. If problems develop - which they invariably do with chemo patients - he will investigate it, and treat it, when her cancer doctor just takes the attitude of “so the chemo is not perfect. Live with it.”

For example, my wife suffered enormous pain due to chemo related periphreal neuropathy. It was to the point where she was tripping alot, because she couldn’t trust the feeling in her legs and feet.

Her white cancer doctor basically said “Sorry, but chemo does that. Take a gabapentin pill and don’t bother calling me in the morning.” He did nothing beyond that. He was totally disinterested in her extreme pain.

But Dr. - let’s call him Dr. Black - actually cared. He helped her identify different things she could try to help control the pain, until she found two that helped (a TENS unit, properly placed, and adhering to a keto diet - both Dr Black’s suggestions). Thanks to Dr Black, she can walk safely once again, and her pain is considerably less.


I would put Dr Black up against the best of the Vanderbilt medical school graduates of any race - and Vandy is supposedly a much better school. (Meharry is a traditionally black medical school in Nashville) - and when it comes to treating complex patients, he would come on top every time, I believe.
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Sounds like you have a black doctor who is very competent. I would have no problem going to such a doctor. At all.
 
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Profit of Doom

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Milkweed Host said:
That's been a long time ago, but, I don't believe her injuries were that bad.

Most ER doctors know that we wish to get in and out before that occurs.
Went we arrive in the ER, we are seen but stay out of the way. ER doctors quickly
understand the urgency of a blood test and will usually allow us to do our job
while the patient continues to receive care, and of course, patient care is always first.

Again, I don't remember many portions of this crash, but do remember the outstanding
job I witnessed. There were no problems with this case as it went through the court system
without any obstacles.

Again, you question on a transfusion, I really don't remember.
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Had not even considered that part of things.
 
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beaglemama

Contributing Member
NCGirl said:
United airlines is now looking to have 50% of their pilots be of a race other than white. To me, that tells me that the color of their skin is more important than their ability to fly a plane. Maybe the black pilot is the best of the best. Or maybe he is hired because he is black.

As I said, one of the best Drs I ever had was black. But these days universities accept and pass students who are not as competent as their white or Asian counterparts. Maybe that black doctor got into school and hired because he is a great doctor, or maybe because his skin is dark. But in light of all this diversity at all costs I will not willingly use him.

If I have to go to the ER and the attending physician is black I'll just cross my fingers and hope for the best...
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This is a good argument for HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). These schools are about educating students and having good graduates.
 
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wab54

Veteran Member
Dozdoats said:
What do they call the person who graduates at the bottom of their class in med school?

Doctor.
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When you go see a doctor, look at his diploma on his wa;;. There is no class grade listed , so your doctor could be a 70% doctor.

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Oreally

Right from the start
even if i am at the gate, and the hottest date in the universe is waiting from me at the destination, i am without a doubt, going to re-book my flight the instant i see a black AA pilot striding into the plane.
 
SouthernBreeze

SouthernBreeze

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Griz3752 said:
Very wise decision.
I have referred to Memphis as a sewer trying to upgrade to a sinkhole and, seeing no evidence to make me change that opinion, stand by my opinion.
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I have family living there, and I know how bad it is. One of those family members (1st cousin) is a doctor at one of the hospitals there in Memphis. Yeah, he's white, LOL!
 
TKO

TKO

Veteran Member
NCGirl said:
One of my favorite doctors was a black man. I used to go to him when I was in my 20's. He was a great doctor. Listened to you, never rushed, seemed very competent, and just a really nice man. He's retired now.

But now, with the way things are, I would never go to a black doctor, and if I saw my pilot get on the plane and he was black, I would deboard and wait for the next flight. No way am I putting my life on the line with a doctor or pilot that may or not be qualified, but just passed through school and given the position just because he/she had the "right" skin tone. Maybe if he was 50+ I might be willing to go with them, but definitely not a younger, most likely diversity hire. Sad for the good, hard working and intelligent young black men and women who have earned it. But how am I to know which is which?

Is this just me? Am I wrong to feel this way?


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