Ask Women on Yik Yak | I’m asking this here as well bc yk why not. I’m going into healthcare (ems) and understand the increased mistreatment black woman mostly face within the system. I just want to ask if anyone has tips on creating a comfortable environment for someone.

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Ask Women 21h

I’m asking this here as well bc yk why not. I’m going into healthcare (ems) and understand the increased mistreatment black woman mostly face within the system. I just want to ask if anyone has tips on creating a comfortable environment for someone.

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Anonymous 16h

Honestly? I would read up on the statistics for black women.

Anonymous 21h

I also understand that I shouldn’t expect them to trust me especially if they have previously had a terrible healthcare experience regardless of the practice.

Anonymous 56m

I think the best thing you can do is just listen and not treat us like we’re some kind of kryptonians. I‘m african and haven’t had much interaction with US healthcare but my first interaction with a white american doctor she told me I was „incredibly strong for everything I went through“ 💀 I grew up upper middle class and went to an international school. She told me it „shouldn’t hurt that much for you“ AND IT DID INFACT HURT.

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strawberry_hair 12h

I’ll definitely have to look at updated stats! I actually did an entire project on it for one of my classes to spread awareness to my peers.

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#2 51m

You don’t have to baby us or anything But if someone says something hurts or they’re in pain, take them seriously. You do that and you‘ll be doing wayyy better than most health professionals.