Multi-billionaire Oprah Winfrey provides 90 minutes of compelling evidence that the USA is a fundamentally racist country where a black person will never thrive. Multiple examples are detailed showing that non-whites can't even get lifesaving healthcare and are left to die.
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Continued Division
crackhouse156 May 2022
Just another show that keeps spouting further racial division in our country! I wish they would quit pointing it out and do something about it! What is Oprah's net worth? Instead of changing policies or promoting change, she's making a show about other's struggles so she can make more money for herself!
Color
bellechapman16 December 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I guess since we are talking about black/African American/dark skinned people the underprivileged in whatever race you want to place them in, I'll move forward with what I'm about to say! I'm white/Caucasian/east European or whatever you want to call "light skinned" basically the privileged. Well, I'm a nurse now but I grew up extremely poor and if you think we were treated any different than what you are describing you would be very incorrect and grossly misinformed because we were mistreated, turned away and misdiagnosed because we didn't have money for testing and the normal healthcare people with good insurance had. So, that being said we have had issues with it just like you. You, Oprah Winfrey grew up here in podunk Mississippi and you know the facts but because you've gotten so far above your raising you have decided that only black people are oppressed when that's simply not true. Money is what drives this world especially in healthcare there are so many people with no health insurance or a plan that is affordable but doesn't pay for anything without a high out of pocket amount that you'd still have to make such a high payment to have a test that they cannot afford it. These are the ones who are turned away daily. Not just black and not just some races but all people who are poor and underprivileged are the ones turned away from the testing and treatment needed to be in good health! I'm sick of seeing people whine about the color of their skin being the reason they are mistreated, it's absolutely not that it's definitely your socioeconomic status that determines your life. Don't play into this people it's just one more thing our democratic liberal government wants to push to cause a civil war believe me or not but you will see I'm right if you'd just research t for yourself instead of blindly following what the left has to say.
An important look inside
molly-b-876-7994988 May 2022
The documentary on race in American medicine you need to see
kingdomwrker31 May 2022
If you have never watched a documentary on race in American medicine, you should definitely watch _The Color of Care_. If you think you've watched enough documentaries about race in American medicine, you should still watch this one. It is a time capsule of the impact of the early COVID-19 pandemic on minoritized populations in the United States. As a physician, I do not want to believe it is true that sick individuals could be turned away from care, but as story after family story is told in this moving film, I had to come to the realization (yet again) that American medicine does not operate the way I would want it to. As a trained medical historian, I can vouch for the accuracy of the interpretation of how it is that we got to where we are today. We can--must--do better both individually and as a society.
My experience
hskppmmgxm28 March 2023
Thank you, Oprah!!! A few weeks ago, I talked to my doctor about the mathematical algorithm mentioned in this documentary. It's almost universally used in the US to "correct" black people's kidney test results. This wasn't a matter of me feeling like somebody maybe might have discriminated against me. It had appeared, in writing, in my lab results. Somehow, my kidneys are different because I have a certain level of melanin in my skin. I told my doctor that I did not want that "correction" used in my health care. The "correction" allows me to be sicker than a white person but makes my numbers appear to be better. The better numbers falsely indicate that I'm healthier than I actually am.
So how did we get to this algorithm? People from all over the western African continent were brought to the US as slaves, where they interbred with people from all over the world. Some of that interbreeding was voluntary, and some of it was not. All of the descendants of these people with widely varied genetic backgrounds are seen as being exactly the same. Statistically, that makes no sense.
It appears to be based on a belief that white people and black people are fundamentally different, so the numbers are cooked to reinforce that belief. Jim Crow laws were also based on the belief that white people and black people are fundamentally different. I thought that the country got past that long ago.
So how did we get to this algorithm? People from all over the western African continent were brought to the US as slaves, where they interbred with people from all over the world. Some of that interbreeding was voluntary, and some of it was not. All of the descendants of these people with widely varied genetic backgrounds are seen as being exactly the same. Statistically, that makes no sense.
It appears to be based on a belief that white people and black people are fundamentally different, so the numbers are cooked to reinforce that belief. Jim Crow laws were also based on the belief that white people and black people are fundamentally different. I thought that the country got past that long ago.
Eye opening
fnekial27 July 2022
This is truly what is happening in America and it's sad that people are upset by the truth instead of being upset about the lack of quality of healthcare care and compassion for people of color. It's real and disturbing... what do we do as a nation.
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