Black Folk Don't: Go to the Doctor [Episode Five]

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Black folk, especially black men, are often being encouraged to make more trips to the doctor. Do black folk see the doctor any less than other folk? Are there questions of access to be explored as part of the conversation? Or is this yet another urban myth? The news always focuses on the lack of care black people take to their health but is it just a socio-economic thing or is there some historical reason?

[@payday1862]

In 1991 I was diagnosed with cancer and they told ne it would take only 1 treatment to get rid if it, well six and a half years later I was still being treated for the same problem, so they told me they were going to try something else so I got up and they saw only my back as I was leaving. I moved from that state and visited another doctor, they checked me out and they said i didn't have cancer. So I decided to eat well, live right and so far, im still here worshiping the most high God.

[@joeannemorris8175]

Pay Day

[@joeannemorris8175]

Pay Day AMEN❤

[@valenciafouther5933]

and sue they ass for misdiagnosis....wow

[@mystic7579]

So why not sue them?

[@payday1862]

At first thought my eyes stood out like fatness, even looking through the yellow pages, but at that time I had two small children and not knowing if I was going to live are die even looking for someone to raise my children if I didn't make it, you see I had a lot of decisions to thank out, I chose to live and not die, and know that the almighty God had a purpose for my life either it was a misdiagnoses are I had a miraculous healing, and i chose the latter. Now I'm able to see my two children become adults and also two grandchildren. And I have a testimony that life and death is in the power of the tongue,and that we have a Divine Physician Healer,and there is a balm in Gilead, but it is not recognize, there is a physician but not acknowledge, if these to are around there must be a recovery.

[@khadscott7172]

Why should we go to a murderer? Makes no sense.

[@Gwenesis]

This video was originally dated 2011, and here it is 2019 and I still don't trust doctors.

[@brucechakur9431]

I've only gone to the hospital to have my four children and I am 58 so far I have been healthy praise God remember when our mothers would give us castor oil and codliver oil in the morning by the spoon ful no flavoring I Love and miss my mother Jackie in fl

[@Accordingtotawny]

It was because long years ago ppl did not trust doctors. Hospitals were a place to die not get treated. Trust is very important. There are still MD that exploit ppl with Cancer diagnosis etc. Also a long hx of experimentation.

[@meemeethecat7391]

ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. AND EVERYTIME I GO. I SEE A DIFFRENT DOCTOR WHO KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT YOU. THEY JUST WRITE PRISCRIBTIONS AND SEND YOU ON YOUR MERRY WAY.

[@katyarnold6757]

Mee Mee that cat. I know what you mean. That's why we need our black owned and operated hospitals across america. And stop going to white owned hospitals.

[@meemeethecat7391]

@@katyarnold6757 MEOW THANKS.

[@blessedbythesun9209]

mee mee the cat SMH

[@meemeethecat7391]

@@blessedbythesun9209 YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT LOL

[@janetreece475]

Make sure you check the side effects of your meds.

[@ladyashephd727]

While growing up my parents where medical professionals. Mom was a Nurse, Dad was a Dentist. We had excellent medical care during childhood. They were excellent because we had excellent Health Insurance. When we became older, At 12, I developed a keloid on my ears and had it removed. when it returned the doctor REFUSED to administer Steriods to retard the growth. Eventually, we found a doctor who successfully removed the growth. In my opinion its about the Insurance Coverage that counts to the business of running a hospital.

[@SacredWomensWisdom]

I went to the doctor and was prescribed different medications for my "hypertension". None of them brought my blood pressure down. I stopped taking the prescription medication and began a regimen of natural supplements and exercise. I not only brought my blood pressure down, but I also lost weight and I am more healthy today than I've been in my life!

[@lmmayberry3703]

2 words: Tuskegee experiment

[@janetreece475]

HELLO!

[@classicdriprob4850]

Wise man.

[@GarwinWayne]

another one Henrietta Lacks

[@saundrabrown1873]

I rather have the same medical doctor as The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan because he's 85 years old and looks younger than the men half his age!

[@electaruth2266]

Yes sister he also does alot of natural stuff. Alot of people in the Nation eat once a day also tgey have their own farms you should go to the mosque and get some of their meat .

[@layah28]

Because he eats according to the dietary laws of The Most High but the average folks eat crap, meat, swine and sea food all day and wonder why the plagues of sickness follows them and their children

[@evelyncouncil8988]

I wonder is Farrakhan a Clone he hasn't changed at all.

[@electaruth2266]

@@evelyncouncil8988 it is called taking care of yourself.

[@theoriginal668]

Black people have a good reason to not trust the medical system. We need our own holistic Drs and healers.

[@supersnapp]

So does everyone else. The US medical system is a rip off and has tons of ineffective treatments. Blacks have this victim complex where they are the only people who get mistreated.

[@williamcullin]

Yes people there are holistic doctors out there and the herbs still work better than todays meds....

[@J3nJ3n13]

That's why I never had the flu shot...how many of you did?

[@edevos3108]

It's BLACK MEN who don't go to the doctor.

[@chocolatecake9930]

Black men are smart and know better.

[@bassmusicman2034]

my grandpa wouldn't go to any doctor and he lived to be 96 and he drank, smoked, and chased women......... my other grandpa on my wife's side went to the doctor all the time and he died at 57 and he ate heathy, didn't smoke, and had one wife.... so I'm confused

[@Gwenesis]

Willie Sky, I can see why you're confused. I hear stories like this often, and like you it makes me wonder.

[@miaj94]

Every black person should read the truly enlightening, “Medical Apartheid” by Dr. Harriet Washington.

[@icandylocs2839]

Ima buy it now Thanks for sharing

[@ajwriter5699]

Black folks do go to the doctor, we just wait til something is wrong. Come on people! What are we teaching our kids?

[@daphnerodriguez9980]

THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟❤️🖤💚 BROWN FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜

[@terrigurganus3720]

In 1994 my mother died of breast cancer cuz she was scared to go to the doctor's.

[@DeRocco21]

Check up are not something i see often done, its when they become emergencies

[@jesusismyjoy7102]

Most don’t go because they’re uninsured !

[@angelabrown6160]

Now auh days we can't trust no one, but The Most High because its a lot of our own kind hate each other. . Why I don't understand.. It's wrong all the way round.. The Bible is just showing us the lastdays.. Instead of we preparing for The Lord coming back soon we stead of adjusting.. Worry about and doing things that's not gone get us into Heaven.. No Matter what we still got to Love ❤️ one another and forgive the one/ones that wrong us.. 🙏❤ By the way I'm African American as well.. Love thy Neighbor that harm you and let God be Thy Judge.. Wrong is wrong no matter what.. I've done wrong and I know I'm not perfect now, but if God can forgive us of our wrong doing.. Why can't We??

[@janetreece475]

Angela Brown ,well said and so true.

[@mr.hadouken1683]

Its expensive. Lets be real, even with life insurance their racking up that cash with all kinds of hostpital bills.

[@itypethetruthnobshere8975]

+Mr. Hadouken its not expensive for other people as well? Thats not a excuse

[@0397rb]

going to the dr Friday men get your check up

[@ednaedna7725]

They never admit they injected black men with syphilis. I saw an old video of a black nurse who said they hired her to recruit black males, had them sign a contract and then injected them with syphilis and refused to treat them.

[@riasmith7249]

Why is it always have to be one of our own leading us to the slaughter house

[@ednaedna7725]

@Desirea Winton wow! A lot of these people are treacherous, diabolical, and horrific monsters. I'm not going to any of their doctors.

[@joancayenne9293]

I believe doctors don't like to see black people who's healthy, so they'll give you an appointment to get a check-up. I totally hate doctors the last time I saw s doctor for check-ups was, I can't even remember.

[@kathyrnmontalvo3998]

philly sister their still doing it even the military i took shots to prevent something 3 mounts later cancer

[@evonnejames6548]

The younger generation need to take heed if we your elders are more than suspicious we have our reasons A friend of mine who was recently diagnosed with the new trend of “prostrate cancer” went for his first appointment and met up with all his old school mates (all black) what a reunion - what a coincidence!

[@nanastashaskantz3300]

I'm not black, Mexican, my father comes from the continent of Africa along the Mediterranean. I find this to be very alarming both ethically & behavior --ally. I am a 53 yr old woman who has found herself blind because of a 3rd party who is an ameri-trustee at my local hospital (Butterworth) Spe'trum Health all because I filed a suit against them #or a house I built the[high a organization of theirs. They have blackballed, manipulated, mind. fucked, gaslighted me from getting the help needed .

[@secretgarden8821]

Because we are in a land under the oppression of our enemy. Exodus 1:15-22

[@TheJadedJames]

For very legit reasons, previous generations have passed down a pejorative view of the "system." That combined with economics, results in a lot of us not going to the doctor. Black people with money, and common sense still go all the time though.

[@diedram8173]

I went to the dentist to get two wisdom teeth taken out. They gave the information to not eat the night before because they said I would have anesthesia. When I went in, the doctor waa very rude to me, stuck a needle in my mouth and right after pulled my teeth without waiting at all. My husband was surprised when I came out within 20 minutes! I bled for days and was in pain for months! I don't go to dentist now.

[@carlamccoy]

Very interesting- thanks a lot! PS: It doesn't really contribute to the topic but the woman at 03:25 has absolutely gorgeous hair.

[@katyarnold6757]

That's a lie and stereotype I always go to my medical doctor for medical check ups to find out if there is something physically wrong with me. I am healthy now because I have a decent medical doctor that care about my health status and I care about my physical and mental health. Black people please! go to a black american medical doctor that cares about your physical and mental well being. Please go.

[@janetreece475]

Everyones experience may not turn out as well. people should check behind the doctor ,check side effects of meds ,check the reasons for the treatments ,keep dates ,times and meds down for your records. make this short the doctor wanted to do a mastectomy on my sister, i told her to visit another doctor and new tests. she had no cancer, come to find out ,all the ladies in my sisters neighborhood had radical vasectomies by the same doctor that my sister had. knowledge is powerful.

[@janetreece475]

@Desirea Winton The video is probably a plant.there is a white doctor that has a video on youtube .telling us about the cancer being put in the black communities.

[@ShirleyASellars8710]

I did go to the doctor to find out I had a mild case of COPD. How i found out is that my insurance called me and wonder why I wasn't going for the test long story short my doctor knew, almost a year that I had COPD and never said anything to me. Had it not been for the insurance person contacting me to go take a test, how progressive was the COPD I would not have known my doctor had know intention on telling me.

[@kathyrnmontalvo3998]

i dont trust doctors had bad experiences i reascearch my alliment first then go you gotta pay to come in the world pay to go out so they get paid either way

[@dawnelise1528]

Good comments, so true. p.s. to Carla McCujo: the woman at 03:25 with gorgeous hair is noted Harlem playwright, actress and singer Vienna Carroll! so cool to see her here; she's also at viennacarroll.com

[@melissawilliams9061]

I remember my grandmother and my father didnt like going to the hospital. Me being a child i didnt understand but now as a adult i understand. Those pills dont heal you but substain you from the problem.

[@sherrylynn3304]

There is a book called Medical Apartheid by Harriet Washington there is a pdf online. Our story of medical experiments. More than the Tuskegee experiment.

[@NyFilmmaker32]

I always hated wearing glasses, so I had laser surgery and now see 20/20.

[@joyanderson8646]

I've been wearing glasses since I was 13 still hate it. Gonna get laser eye sx yaaay!!!!

[@layah28]

Joy Anderson try eyebright herb. That laser surgery will catch up with you one day.

[@sandrapsalms9158]

Cook on ur own. Stay away from fast restaurants, dairy, meat, plant ur own food. Be thy food be thy medicine. Be ur own chef. Take herbs. Obey the dietary Law of the Most High Leviticus 11

[@potterylady1]

You reduced your fibroids? I have them and they are not causing me pain after a WHILE of not pain. Please comment back about this. Thanks!

[@fred5399]

I hate the background music

[@cbethea48]

I really identify with the last lady's views in all your videos. For the record I tip, camp, go to the doctor,travel, & go to therapy. lol

[@regale1995]

I go to the doctor, and dentist. I have been taking my children since they were born.

[@jazzforme2u]

Plus when they were born

[@ajewelra7089]

Who are the doctor , do they reflect the community??

[@lorrainebailey7304]

My dad didn't like going to the doctor I don't like going too

[@knuxuki1013]

Just went to an eye doctor old guy isn't too illiterate but I swear he could barely hear or talk properly Put stuff in my eye, 6 drops I think and blinding me with lighy All necessary, I'm sure but at the end of the day, I can barely fuckin see now, I can barely see my mobile keyboard, I don't care, I don't trust it, I feel stupid for feeling worried but I don't trust it. I was wondering: am I being purposely made blind to need glasses lol Believe it or not, I genuinely hope I'm overreacting and being the foolish one here When I get close to my phone, it feels blurry, that never happened before and I don't want to rely on glasses

[@joannboyd8855]

Radon I can hear the sizzle

[@layah28]

If you eat meat and processed foods all damn day every day then yeah take your ass to the doctors

[@petrmej]

At least they can freely choose their doctors. Where I live, doctors assign patients by streets. Unless you have some damn serious reason not to, you can't change what doctor you're registered at. Well, in theory it should be possible, but in practice the doctors have an unwritten deal that they don't take over each other's patients. OTOH, unlike in the US, we have public health insurance so we don't need to pay ridiculous amounts of money at the doctor of for individual insurance.

[@kendus01]

Wow!!!

[@valenciafouther5933]

We always talking about what THEY do...who are they as opposed to YOU....you know just about as much or more than they do...you know what you been doing to your body! and you know the theory of cause and effect....so repent and change and in the meantime go back to Our God TMH Yah and include him in the equation and stop depending on the heathen to solve your problems. TMH will help you solve your own problems.

[@langston7979]

It’s not because I don’t trust doctors. I grew up in Atlanta. Plenty of black doctors. We just didn’t do it growing up so it wasn’t something I thought about doing as an adult until my last girlfriend pushed me to start getting checkups.

[@supersnapp]

Nigerian doctors have developed a terrible reputation -- and many of the black doctors in the US are Nigerian. They are scammers.

[@blueiguy1]

Stop trolling it's pretty lame.

[@secretgarden8821]

Remember Genesis 15:12-16 USA = Spiritual Egypt however deliverance is nigh HalleluYah 🎉

[@bakerbaker454]

I like that movie Texas Chainsaw Museum ?

[@IndustrialMilitia]

What the fuck is skook? Sounds like some sorta European body wash.

[@gregsoberal7473]

I don't trust

[@nanastashaskantz3300]

I'm not black, Mexican, my father comes from the continent of Africa along the Mediterranean. I find this to be very alarming both ethically & behavior --ally. I am a 53 yr old woman who has found herself blind because of a 3rd party who is an ameri-trustee at my local hospital (Butterworth) Spe'trum Health all because I filed a suit against them #or a house I built the[high a organization of theirs. They have blackballed, manipulated, mind. fucked, gaslighted me from getting the help needed .

[@gingerbread1032]

Nanastasha Skantz . Sounds like you got the help you needed to me, heathen.