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[–] [email protected] 143 points 1 day ago (19 children)

doctors not taking anything she says seriously, even when her symptoms are obvious

I'm married to a white woman, and she also experiences this, so this might be a gender discrimination problem, rather than (or in addition to) a racial discrimination problem, sadly.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I think it's both. It probably starts with gender discrimination (as the medical field highly favors men. Look at the differences in how we are taught about heart attacks for men and women for example) but then on top of that, it adds the racial discrimination.

Black women (and especially queer black women) are among the most discriminated groups sadly

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That's why the term "misogynoir" exists. It's both, and they pile on and increase each other.

[–] bdonvr 12 points 1 day ago

The more general term is "intersectionality"

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