ER Doctor Under Fire For Asking Why Black People Turn On Their Phones During Medical Visits

Emma Ansah reports on an ER doctor who faced backlash for asking why black people turn their phones on during their medical visits

[@ask_why000]

1. Mistrust 2. Fear 3. History 4. Disrespectful treatment 5. Advocacy

[@timothyhudsonsr7140]

Evidence of wrongdoing

[@mistersniffer6838]

6: Ghetto azz drama f'k boys/girls seeking attention!!

[@Gashshiningstar]

All that still goes on today.

[@mistersniffer6838]

Oh, so you block my comment, lol? And you wonder why we dont care about you!?

[@Gashshiningstar]

@@mistersniffer6838 💀💀💀

[@joycevaughn5913]

I'm glad this doctor asked the question publicly. It's about time the abuses from the medical industry was revealed.

[@cocoblessings]

I agree!

[@gun_toting_lefty]

Me too! He just wanted to know. Now that he KNOWS better, he can possibly DO better.

[@charis4me]

He should already know that.

[@StephenB-iy7pr]

Doesn’t matter what he ask..know or learn. Your God not his god said for us to never trust our enemies. That’s your friendly so call yte man..Arab man..Asian man..African man…east Indian man…period!!!!

[@ultrabaugh4790]

The same reason we turn on the camera during traffic stops. 📱

[@Kattkiteyez]

LOL LOL!

[@gloriajohnson3865]

Yes that part 🤣

[@4everclear866]

We don’t trust y’all

[@user-kl5rr5em8f]

Does that mean you don't trust their Stores and medications?

[@samiman5606]

Then go back to Africa where you belong if you don't trust them it's easy

[@user-bz4vz9gu3c]

​@@user-kl5rr5em8fDeuteronomy 28:48 [48]Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. It is a curse for God's chosen people to go to heathens for anything. We are here because we disobeyed Our God. It will soon change when Our Black Messiah Yahawashi returns and saves us from our enemies.

[@roderick2722]

That’s why our elders never wanted to go to hospitals! I understand and in many ways feel the same!

[@obadiyahisrael6917]

These people hate their legacy but they expect us to fix it.

[@sheilairiri7888]

Talking about reading what they sowing 😮

[@NCVV2000]

Wow! "But they expect us to fix it" - a very true statement!!

[@Kingmarcel28]

Omg that’s so true

[@dorashelton1615]

"WE are Told Our PAIN IS NOT REAL" 😮 😮

[@user-cx8oc7ho2s]

No your not, your a f kn liar.

[@eloyceforrest1026]

Yaaasssss sis!

[@shirleyvanarsdalecrabtree2880]

I’ve heard that some people in the medical community were inadvertently taught that Black People don’t feel pain like wyte folk, therefore when it comes to prescribing pain meds they will never give us many and almost never let you get a refill and will tell you to just take an ibuprofen or something, which, everyone’s body can’t tolerate. We’re not the ones with the drug epidemics but they always checking us for what they call “drug seeking behaviors” when it’s usually their own people who are more likely to be “drug seeking” than us. Majority of my people don’t even want to be taking that poison anyway unless it’s after a surgery. Of course, all of the issues we have with medical doesn’t mean they’re all racists, just depends on certain individuals, so we need to be our own advocates and either take our phones to record everything so we can share information with family later, or, at the very least pay very close attention to everything and everyone when it comes to our healthcare.

[@williambrookins]

They can lie and inject you with something and then say you died of heart attack 😡😡😡😡😡😡

[@user-kl5rr5em8f]

Time to Build our own.

[@MercySavedme-ft4ql]

Its been done

[@TheMostHighDaughter180]

@@user-kl5rr5em8f So they can burn it down huh

[@naarahisrael5436]

Yez

[@geraldross967]

The hot shot did just that.

[@Osiris064]

A message to my people, record everything! And we must encourage our children to become doctors and lawyers!

[@marilynbables8071]

We need more doctors and lawyers than rappers and tweakers.👨🏼‍⚖️👨🏼‍⚕️

[@debbiethompson14]

I don't take offense too. And I want them to know that we don't trust them.

[@taniamarie2486]

Damn rite

[@jmcc2828]

I don't see anything wrong with the question.

[@user-cy5xt2me3s]

They really think that we trust them.

[@Neake22]

Hell yeah! They will surely let us know......by locking doors, clutching purses etc. That's why I say we need to stop being afraid to offend them.

[@user-nu4um2gr3d]

I think we're more afraid to offend y'all. Then you are us. Most black people I know aren't afraid to offend anyone and just blurt out whatever they are thinking.

[@McKillahGuerilla]

I don't think he should face too much backlash, him posting that question then answering it brings the issue further into the light. Let's use this against them from now on. When one steps forward and makes public that's good because any further denial is pure gaslighting.

[@tamearaharris63]

He shouldn't fave any. He going off his experience. He asked a question.

[@minnielee8861]

With all due respect how does a person learn something if they don't ask a question.

[@ADR-xn6dg]

@@tamearaharris63he could have asked black medical professionals that question. It didn’t have to be a post with a question that seemed shady given the history of medicine and he should know some of it being he learned early medical trends in med school.

[@tamearaharris63]

@@ADR-xn6dg he could have,but he didn't. Maybe he wanted to know from the public. The actual patients. Not from another dr. Cause at the end of the day, it's still an opinion. Just because he didn't do it how yall would or think he should. Doesn't equal racism. We doing a little too much with the racism thing. We don't get to tell people how they need to handle things.

[@nanaasafu-adjaye4239]

I have seen patients enter exam rooms & are on the phones chatting or busy watching whatever. Even difficult to get a question in sideways, being totally ignored. Why come to the health facility at all if not looking to engage with the staff?

[@SaunKrystian]

Remember the Tuskegee Experiment, my friend.

[@AyoCarter-oh4ir]

We need to be with doctors and nurses who look like us. UTTERLY!

[@user-hr4op6jn1m]

Sometime being with your own people don't help. I say that from life experience

[@mekahuggins6801]

I have had several black doctors and they are no more opened minded than the white ones.

[@andremajor5109]

We have to mKe it work, like everyone else who deal with our people and the incompetent people in their races!..people have to be qualified to be apart of civilization these days..especially if they don't want to help their selves..

[@user-cx8oc7ho2s]

Then go you f ckn beggar, no one is telling you to pick white doctors

[@ricardoflot2787]

Just as there are vets who specialize in dogs, cats or birds, there's a DIRE NEED of Drs and surgeons who specialize in the health of BFS, NO argument THERE!☝🏿😳

[@sbolden123]

That's why we black people need to go to black doctors and other medical professionals 😢

[@BlackAboriginalAmerican]

But people like “Dr. Jackie” support WS. SMH…

[@donnameansyoucancallmelala1800]

​@@BlackAboriginalAmericanSome Black physicians are purposely hired due to their negative views of people who look like them. Every now and then, the Black patients are blessed with good, genuine Black physicians.

[@donnameansyoucancallmelala1800]

Why is he so offended???😲

[@pastryshack551]

Where are the black Dr's. I never see any! I sometimes feel like black Dr's don't care to see us either.

[@donaldmaxie5264]

Who's stopping you?

[@nemtstartup]

You hit EVERY SINGLE POINT!!! Great Job 🙏🏽🙏🏽💯💯

[@olly2027]

I do that because I forget to ask the doctor questions.

[@Color-of-love]

Good responce.

[@ukbalack1944]

My husband does this because (a) he doesn't always understand the vocabulary they use and (b) he doesn't trust them.

[@YohananIsrael]

INTEGRATION WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE WE MADE.

[@soulsearch1234]

It was letting them divide us.

[@annrose8469]

...But with the bombings, burnings, and making new lakes and parks of our successful neiboorhoods, did we have a choice?

[@user-xq7il3ih6e]

Black and white are to different from each other.we have different upbringing manners etc.

[@lathanehopkins8607]

No it was miscegenation

[@tee-tr8ns]

I agree but we didn't do it.....they did for their own ugly reasons....

[@delroymcdonald2752]

Trust is earned not given, And the history has shown us that they can not be trusted. For me my distrust is from my personal experience.

[@sbolden123]

He doesn't understand systemic racism and bigotry, black issues. Or chooses not to.

[@user-be7tc2bd6e]

He chooses not to. These issues has no effect on him personally.

[@user-kl5rr5em8f]

Why should he?

[@donnameansyoucancallmelala1800]

Oh, he understands the components of racism period because he is a direct member of using it and distributing it. He is gaslighting the victims of racism - which is very common once racism is revealed.

[@kellyk1590]

He's stating that he understands

[@nicolemccoy3436]

The context was about black people specifically. He didn't all lives matter the question.

[@karenedwards5006]

He knows damn well we do not trust them, so yes we have our phones on .!

[@lindadavis6567]

He needs to remember we are misdiagnosed as well as mistreated

[@caravanlee2438]

My Jamaican son in law took his son to see a doctor, the Doctor had the audacity to question my son n law, and kept asking him is he's the father of my grandson.. as if he was involved with some type of child trafficking or something... my son n law is a very respectable young man, very humble, therefore the doctor didn't got cursed out.... if it would have been me it would have been a different situation...

[@papa6bell]

Is your grandson biracial or multi-racial(light- skinned)?

[@cgreer9010]

@@papa6bell sound like he is... We gotta learn to deal with our own race

[@michaelbenardo5695]

Yet THEY are the ones more likely to traffic children.

[@donnathomas9111]

We want to be treated fairly and with respect.

[@dred9174]

It's the reason we always prefer going to Black doctors we statically get better treatment and more successful surgeries from them.

[@malkahbatyisrael290]

AND you best to check them ALSO!

[@Kattkiteyez]

true on my end. I have two black Physicians. 2 successful surgeries with her and more thorough and detailed doctor visits with them.

[@latisaholm5700]

​@IeshaMetcalf same here. All my doctors are black. Nigerian. Caribbean, African American. Philadelphia has tons of black doctors. Tons

[@Kattkiteyez]

Good for us : ) We need more black doctor's all over this land. Stay well.@@latisaholm5700

[@majorlazor5058]

I think the black folks took one look at his hair and felt something is off about their doctor.

[@One_of_Many750]

Speaking For Myself, I DON’T TRUST THEM!!!

[@AyoCarter-oh4ir]

I don't trust them folks either

[@endtimesclips896]

Same here

[@Xslices]

I already got backstabbed by one of them.

[@bernadettesullivan6036]

I’m just so thankful to hear this information. I will be recording my sessions with doctors from now on. I always leave the doctors office feeling unsatisfied and like I wasn’t heard and rushed out.

[@user-ti3vy4mf6p]

Babies under tanning lamps.....born to light skinned.... Yeah .... The excuse is their temperature is too low... Busted by The Most HIGH.

[@judysmith-randle1558]

You are going to be required to do a bit of research on your own about your particular malady, if you have one, so that you have an informed opinion/knowledge so you know what questions to ask. Be an informed consumer! Take Care

[@proudblack1545]

RUSHED OUT SHO YOU RIGHT. But will take all the time in the world for someone 95 years old and look like them😅😅

[@lwats6436]

Unfortunately, whomever sets the rules for medical billing have already set a time limit for certain visits at any medical facility, with the exception of the emergency room. So, like a previous commenter, make sure you have all your questions ready before you get to your visit

[@SoloWryder]

@bernadettesullivan6036 ▪︎ Racial Stereotyping isn't the Only issue... Nowadays, Dr's. 'visits' are limited to approx 10-15 minutes. It's Not enough time for Reading your chart, Checkups, Questions, and Answers. *Unless you walk in on Fire...they're in a Rush.* Thank Insurance Co's. for THAT ISH.

[@mmk6280]

My daughter was prescribed a medication that caused her to have severe kidney failure..AND THERE IS NO REPREMAND FOR THIS DOCTOR..THIS HAPPENED 1/7/2023 MY LITLLE GIRL IS ONLY 13...😢

[@wilfordfootball79]

Let me guess doctor is white

[@michaelbenardo5695]

Wow, no punishment? I hope your daughter has recovered.

[@jeanieceforte2365]

Get yourself a lawyer!!

[@shirleyvanarsdalecrabtree2880]

Oh no!! I’m so sorry to hear that. So, no accountability for this horrible mistake? I’d get an attorney at this point. That’s unacceptable!!

[@mmk6280]

@michaelbenardo5695 no she hasn't and the little kidney function she has left is declined

[@wendyj.2833]

Although I don't usually make it a point to have my phone on during a doctor's appointment, as a disabled person with multiple rare health conditions, who is also neurodivergent, I absolutely understand and commend those who have had the forethought to do this. I'm 51 and have had to literally fight for my life with these doctors since my twenties. Even when they kept telling me that I was going to die by the time I turned 34. And all the while, they were giving me all of these medications that interacted. If I just trusted them, instead of researching everything they were giving me and being willing to go toe to toe with these folks. Understanding that they work for me, not the other way around. I probably would be dead by now.

[@vienicestyles]

That was a prediction. That was their plan the entire time.

[@Faircafe98]

Good on you ❤

[@denisgreen1927]

The reason is. we kept it on because .if something gos wrong we can tell the families.

[@alanfreeman7374]

Looks like he answered his own question.😮 As the saying goes, "hit dogs holler". Don't try to clean it up now.

[@sd247]

That's right. Throw a stone amongst Brown's dogs/Dawgs, one of them will holler.

[@carlosgreen3551]

Here's the bigger "Question", if you are doing your job to the "Best" of your "Ability" what does it matter if your "Black" patients are "Recording" their "Examination"? "Huh"?

[@lynwill9946]

Probably because we don’t trust certain doctors. It’s obvious many are not culturally competent. It is best for the physician to ask the patient directly. Further is best for these doctors to meet with colleagues that reflect the patient base. They can give a different perspective. However, it’s always better to ask the patient.

[@GoldenGaiDojo]

Their Favourite Saying: My Best Friend Is Black! 😮

[@leroymontgomery9349]

They simply don’t trust you, that’s just the way it is.

[@martajajackson1836]

I LOVE her voice and professionalism. WELL DONE 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@judithann1570]

I don't think that the people he triggered were black people. It had to be "them folks" who didn't like that he really knew the answer and was speaking rhetorically. He was indirectly calling out his colleagues and they are the ones who took offense to his question. I had a doctor who refused to touch me to examine me. I was clean and so were my clothing, but she wouldn't even physically examine me. I kept telling her that I knew my body and she kept trying to convince me that I only had a UTI. I continued to challenge her assessment and she finally relented and said "Okay, okay, okay" I will send you for a CAT Scan. Turned out I had a tumor on my kidney! That's why the cameras go on!!! 😢

[@llav1sh]

We don’t trust y’all simple.. So roll the camera 📸

[@AyoCarter-oh4ir]

Heck yeah!

[@SoloWryder]

*_Emma spoke the Truth._* _People in All branches of the Medical Profession see Black People through Stereotyped vision._ *So, we're 'treated' as Ignorant, Dishonest, Unstable (dramatic) Children...no matter our age(s).* -•- P e a c e -•-

[@JuniorBanks-ws3ii]

He’s not to be trusted 🅿️🅿️💯

[@keepgoodvibes7644]

We do not trust you nothing personal we just don’t trust you guys history history will tell it

[@user-kl5rr5em8f]

We don't trust you.................... But shop at Walmart lol

[@samiman5606]

Then go back to Africa where you belong if you don't trust them it's easy

[@peanutawesome1]

@@user-kl5rr5em8fwhen does Walmart have our lives in their hands? You a silly goof

[@user-kl5rr5em8f]

@@peanutawesome1 you shouldn't trust them with your food or anything else either!

[@user-bz4vz9gu3c]

​@@user-kl5rr5em8fDeuteronomy 28:48 [48]Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. We have no choice right now. It will soon change and the tables will all be reversed. Isaiah 14:1-2,21 [1]For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. [2]And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. [21]Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. Revelation 13:9-10 [9]If any man have an ear, let him hear. [10]He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. Thus saith The LORD 👑 🙌🏾 🙏

[@oldmanjesus9855]

The simple fact that the doctor felt the need to ask the question publicly and at a distance of his patients instead of asking that "large quantity of patients" he observed this behaviour on, should answer his own question...

[@AlldatJazz-rw9wy]

It's called distrust.

[@ahlivyahyisrael3456]

I’m not offended by his questions. If he genuinely wants to know, I don’t see any problem answering his questions.

[@francesfinney8188]

Right

[@latoriarichardson6754]

He actually answered his own question right after he asked!

[@girlanonymous]

@@latoriarichardson6754he got confirmation from all the comments.

[@Vipwarr]

Yes because my husband may not ask the question needed I am a nurse He is a police officer He has his area of expertise I have mine Thank you for opening up the dialog

[@IrenaEzeala]

YES. please keep your phone on. And Yes I am a nurse, once the doctor leaves the room he talks about the patients, like he don't see my black face...

[@FearfullyandWonderfullyMade.]

He just wanted to be messy. He knew.

[@abetteryounow6484]

Fool can't see why nobody trusts them!

[@kenhill8272]

Personally I don’t see a problem with him asking this question. Questions don’t hurt, ignorance does

[@Gullah_James1962]

I personally think this question was irrelevant. Nowadays it's not only black patients with telephones. Every single person has a telephone in their hands all the time. I go to the military veterans hospital. Every single person has a telephone in their hands blacks and whites. Trust me, most of the time I am standing right there listening. That is not a typical black person behavior. You know we are smarter than that just like everything else noticeable. Every single person can feel if they are attracted regardless if they are black or white. Just like he's saying, he should take this up with his black patients. This is not a problem for the world. Most doctors don't care about a person having their telephone. Another thing is this situation with the telephone is kind of crazy with everybody. Look around where you live; even in grocery store. Everybody is looking down in their telephone, walking right into you..!!!! I know this doctors white patients have telephone. This will most likely losing his license to practice. It's not the black people fault; if he had ask his patients individually, it would have never been a great issue. NO IT'S NOT TYPICAL FOR A BLACK PERSON, IT'S TYPICAL FOR ALL NATIONALITIES. I give this doctor a F=Fail on his report card..

[@gloriajohnson3865]

Why do people carry guns for protection. I don't see a problem with asking that question 😮🙊🙉🙈🤔🤣

[@nitetimejohnson]

I never thought about doing that. I may have to tell that to my retiree clients when they go to appointments.

[@blackbutterflyjourney]

All my doctors from head to toe are highly competent, great bedside manners and BLACK! I don’t trust anyone else!

[@Kingmarcel28]

Amen 🙏🏾 same here

[@nurhayat81]

Which state are you in?

[@blackbutterflyjourney]

@@nurhayat81 That doesn’t matter. If you’re not in a state or city where there is a large population of black people and black professionals… it’s time to move. Qualified and professional black people doing great work are in those cities/states. 😊

[@Xslices]

@@blackbutterflyjourneyYeah I’m thinking about going to Atlanta or Houston.

[@JustMe-no8el]

Why is it bad for him to ask the question? He seemed respectful.

[@donnameansyoucancallmelala1800]

If he was respectful, he would not have asked the question.🤨

[@TheMoonKingdom]

@@donnameansyoucancallmelala1800 You need to ask questions to learn.

[@nicolemccoy3436]

Context is key. He already knew the answer and was looking for click bait.

[@swannoir7949]

Because he already knew the answer, and was just annoyed that he was being recorded. People with nothing to hide to get angry at others for trying to cover their own asses. And he sounded like a condescending, entitled prick.

[@glidkomer]

​@@donnameansyoucancallmelala1800 Huh 🤔...what's wrong with him wanting to know?

[@AshleyG-do2xi]

I need a black doctor. I don't trust WP:(

[@southernbeauty36]

I don’t think it’s anything to take offense to. We should have just answered the question, simple. It’s really an opportunity for us to be heard.

[@dred9174]

He's being flamed because it's already documented that they do things like under prescribe pain medication because we're supposed to have a higher pain tolerance.

[@Londondodidthat]

We DON'T TRUST y'all

[@MercySavedme-ft4ql]

​@@dred9174we DO have a higher pain tolerance than them other nations. BUT we deserve equal medical rights and treatment like them others.

[@jacquelyn1853]

​@@MercySavedme-ft4qlWhere is your medical evidence for your ignorant self-hating statement?

[@avalimpa]

@@MercySavedme-ft4ql "we DO have a higher pain tolerance than them other nations. I totally disagree. We are NOT all the same. Many of us have a low tolerance for pain, but it doesn't mean those people are treated better. There's a difference between continuing in pain due to being ignored and tolerating pain. Have you observed and/or experienced the pain level of other nations? My black friend had to have emergency surgery because the doctor ignored her pain until they found her collapsed on the floor.

[@sbolden123]

And no white or non black person is/would trade places with us. So that's why I don't argue 🤔 or debate with anyone outside of our community

[@ms.pisces2u270]

He literally answered his own question...

[@jessemarks8052]

From the history of the medical community in AmeriKKKa, a doctor that poses this question should not be a doctor.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

Most yt people only associate with other yt people, so they are often completely unaware about anything that isn't about yt folks.

[@jessemarks8052]

@michaelbenardo5695 While your statement might or might not be true, my point is that the "His-Story" of AmeriKKKan doctors' mistreatment of Black/Brown people is well documented; just imagine what is not documented.

[@coolv7587]

Because everything that the pale docs do to you has to be recorded for our protection.Just imagine how many Black people lost their lives because these doctors know they weren't being recorded and could literally get away with murder....

[@biniamtekle5911]

They don't trust you

[@ForReal1962]

Protect yourself by whatever means justify

[@jermaineartis4323]

I don’t think he should face any backlash for a white person finally indulging in the conversation, rather than just us. These problems have to be fixed by them and not us anyway!

[@memberofjerusalem6330]

His apology is not accepted. He is only apologizing because he got backlashed for it. If he had not gotten the response that he had gotten he would not even think of apologizing. So he can keep his weak ass apology, its not accepted.

[@soulsurvivor1979]

My daughter is 17 she refuse to take any medication they prescribe for her

[@BlackLuv17]

So WHY ask the question if you know They are treated BADLY.. apologies NOT accepted.. JUST treat us as if we are someone you LIKE!!!

[@JasonAdams-bl5te]

To make sure you don't do anything to make them uncomfortable.

[@debbiethompson14]

THANKS FOR ASKING THOUGH

[@BohemothWatts-vz1lc]

We Black people are victims of MEDICAL DISCRIMINATION. We are often misdiagnosed. Doctors don't believe that we are in pain in fact they believe that we are not capable having pain. We are treated like lab rats and over medicated with pharmaceutical experimental medications. We are victims of unnecessary surgery. I am a veteran who is being treated at the Veterans Hospital, my house looks like a pharmacy. I saw a private doctor in Africa while on vacation and she asked me was I actually taking all those medications. Then she went down the list of side effects of each medications. The veteran Hospital told me that I had a STAGHORN kidney stone that was 3 centimeter. The post operation report said it 1 millimeter. So the doctors were showing me images of someone else's scans. Now all of a sudden they are interested in my heart. I don't bother going to the doctors. BLACK PEOPLE CANNOT TRUST ANY DOCTORS OUTSIDE OF AFRICA. Look how they butchered The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan during his cancer surgery.

[@derrickshade4547]

AND EVERY TIME I GO TOO THE DOCTOR I WILL HAVE MY PHONE AND RECORDING...

[@Gabreya]

To answer his question, we generally have our phones on due to a long history of medical anti-black racism and mistreatment against us.

[@blakashade1]

To keep it real; the hospitals I work at you are not allowed to record. Having a witness or someone with more medical knowledge on the phone isn't. It's actually hospital policy. I'm not sure about Dr's offices.

[@nadinescantlebury488]

Go to our Black Doctors only please please!!!! By any means necessary do not trust the Saltines in no area of dealing with anything now days 🤬😡

[@chinuaresida6096]

Im black and i am in suriname, we are treated with respect. So we dont need to record

[@sabrinadoctor9653]

That’s a VALID Question 🙋🏽‍♀️

[@tyroned114]

The question and how he asked it to me seemed fine to me. It wasn't really offensive. He may have an idea of why his patients do it, but he wanted clarification - okay, so now you know. You can ask a question, but you have to take the answer that comes along with it. Also, if I remember correctly, i think this guy has also made video talking about the disparities of doctors not taking black people's pain or medical issues seriously or believing their patients.

[@HeftyJ]

Yep. People take offense to everything nowadays. It’s the cancel culture mentality.

[@nanaasafu-adjaye4239]

Yup, now with everything & everyone charged up can’t call out a patient absorbed in doing whatever on the phone. Sometimes even when there are clear notices to turn off phones. We know our rights!

[@arkethiaterrell1315]

I always have my sister on MEET with me, as a matter of fact I was getting an pneumonia shot and my sister was their until the nurse came in with the needle and she said no video. This is normal for me to have my sister their, I'm 66 I need her 24/7.

[@bashirmuhammad8181]

Good question from the Doctor. He really wants to know.

[@user-bb7qs6mj2b]

I tell all my family members and they call when I am at the appointment and asking questions period. Because they want to know the treatment too.

[@eeefriend4life562]

Cuz we dont trust no damn body

[@Greatful0374]

I’m not offended, I believe it’s a good conversation. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@charleshicks2710]

No real trust !!!... Peace...

[@user-lw2zz3nr9p]

Because of History, History, History, History, ...............................

[@fredgriffin8690]

Well there's extreme mistrust and I'm one of them that feels that way...extremely!!!

[@aaBb-is3ez]

It's the Swoop for me LOL 🤣

[@MzVedaborntoJudah]

Because they don’t trust you doc! As you sit here on social media and ask the question instead of asking your patients! 🤔

[@gugah6895]

I applaud his courage to ask. No one wants to talk about it.

[@jlove6346]

Remember Tuskegee. We are and always have been science experiments

[@user-hr4op6jn1m]

He was not trying to be offensive. I believe he was trying to bring the facts out to the social merita to let his people know that we ready don't trust them for a reason.

[@deamorebeaute2412]

I doesn't matter what he was trying to do. It's offensive for non-black people to have an obsession with sticking their nose into our personal business and feeling entitled to a public explanation as to why members of our African diaspora do the things we do.

[@user-hr4op6jn1m]

@@deamorebeaute2412 We need all the help we can get. All we got to do is make sure that is real hell

[@SoAmazin1]

They should’ve asked him why is his hair curled to the left😊

[@carmelcapricorn7701]

Ask them. They tell will u better than us. Don't do this in a group chat online. 📴 line is better. Ask the patients u care 4. Got your viral moment. Your PSA. Their actions tell u why. No questions ask. ⁉️❓

[@Kattkiteyez]

Ask them. They tell will u better us. Ask the patients u care 4-- RIGHT and Thank you! I thought the same thing..

[@bttwin5555]

Because we have learned not to trust you, Period.

[@madamnoire7464]

Even goat Serena Williams wasn't listened to when she complained about her pain after childbirth. She nearly died.

[@williamsmith3331]

I think he might be one of the doctors trying to bring awareness. It sounds like some of his colleagues might have been offended that he had the "gull" to bring it up and draw attention to it.

[@keithterry8246]

Beautifully said sister thank you

[@astartejones4841]

When they don't know whats wrong with you, they want to send you to a Psychiatrist.

[@erinnorwood6124]

Also, in the er, people may turn their phones on because they have a community of family and friends that know they are sick or hurt and are waiting for an update. The er is an uncomfortable place and having someone on the phone can make you feel less alone for the hours you are there

[@Whatyousaymatters8]

Forgot to add for the Physician....Post the "Health Insurance Prortability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA) is a federal law that require the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient's consent or knowledge. """Post Cell Phone Usage not allowed under Doctor's care" create a patient signature line the patient was made aware and refuse. But in an ER this maybe challenging. Seek legal advice! 😊

[@judysmith-randle1558]

He already knew the answer! Had he been sincere he would have phrased it something like this..." I realize that this profession that I am in has historically undervalued black people and there is an historical mistrust of white doctors ..please confirm for me if that is the reason that I notice a great number of black people turn on their cells phones when.......blah blah blah". I do give the man kudos for asking out loud!

[@cgreer9010]

Exactly. You know how those white folks are. Always looking for a response

[@warriorpoet1643]

Err …am I the only BLK person who can see the WYT (no pun intended) elephant in the room … which seems to be that he didn’t actually do, or say anything wrong, or offensive, at all?

[@williamblockson8013]

I hear you , because ScrewTubers keeps deleting my comments before I can completely print it . B1 and reparations

[@worldsbestbraider]

He knew why

[@danjackson5180]

"You reap what you sow" and know they know....what it feels like to mistrusted and treated like you are guilty before the trial. "The hens coming home to roost." as it were. His fragility has made him uncomfortable, and that is GOOD!