I wasn't going to post in this thread, but it did make me curious about the woman in question so I read a little bit about her background. Her parents were both from Pakistan, not sure that makes her Black, but then imo, race is a very stupid social construct that I personally hate.
Both of her parents were doctors and she was born in the states, but imo, she was a very privileged child who was able to attend good schools and obtain a couple of graduate degrees, so I find it disturbing that someone like her would make nasty generalizations about all people with a particular skin tones.
As a former health care professional myself, I was appalled to see a medical professional make such judgements about all of her white patients. One of the values that I held as a professional nurse was to never judge my patients. I never judged them based on race, ethnicity, political views, gender, etc. In healthcare, we should always provide good care to all, regardless of any other factors. Nope. I'm not virtue signaling. Just telling it like it's supposed to be. I know not all healthcare professionals maintain that ethic. I know there are racist doctors in the US. I know there are doctors who fat shame or dislike poor people etc. It shouldn't be that way.
The good news, if there is anything good about this story is that Yale has condemned her comments, calling them racist etc. You can google that yourself. If you want to improve things, you don't start by making unfounded judgments about any large group of people. But, to be honest, I've always been a bit suspicious of psych docs, as so many of them seem to have some mental health issues themselves. That's a prejudice of my own, and I try to remind myself not to make assumptions about all of them based on the negative experiences that I've had dealing with a few of them.
The doc has tried to play down the meaning of her words. Yeah okay. What if the situation was reversed and a white doc said that she had fantasies of killing all Black people, making generalizations based on the worst Black people?
While I think it would be better not to give this woman so much attention, she's all over the internet now for better or worse. I just hope some crazy nut doesn't try to harm her just because of the hateful things she has said. There are too many disturbed people who do things like that. It would be better to let her fade away, but after doing a little search, I see that just about every far right nut job has a hard on over this, as it gives them more fodder to condemn someone who dared to criticize white people.
I'm white. I'm not a racist. I don't give a shit what some wealthy, elitist says about people with my skin shade. I won't be a victim and I doubt most people enjoy playing the victim role. I have plenty of Black friends who I love and they love me. We have far more in common than we have differences. Besides that, I love cultural diversity.
The other thing that makes me laugh is this person of color nonsense. My husband always identified as white. He's the grandson of Syrian/Lebanese immigrants. A few years ago, a younger friend of ours told him he was a "person of color". This morning, I jokingly yelled at him, showed him my arm and said, "I'm not white. I'm beige". He showed me his slightly darker arm and I said. "You're a slightly darker shade of beige." I miss MLK. He had the right idea.
So, I hope this woman will do some soul searching and realize that if anything, she is and has always been a very privileged person. Did she just want attention? Who really knows? I do wonder if her white patients know about her lecture and if they still feel comfortable seeing her. Of course, that's not my problem. There are all kinds of weird people in the world. Telling people that you fantasize about shouting them isn't going to help lead us in a better direction. That's just my opinion......we all have those.
