Black Pain in the Healthcare Industry
In this weeks module you will be exploring the disparities of healthcare for African Americans in the United States. There is a notion that Black people can tolerate pain more than any other race of people; and because of this pseudo ideology, Black people tend to be overlooked when they go to hospitals and doctor’s offices. The narrative is “you’re okay” or “your pain level is not that bad.” When in reality, you’re at deaths door. We saw this during the early stages of Covid-19. African Americans all over the US, namely in New York (the epicenter) experienced this phenomenon. As a result, a lot of them died. In truth, if my Pulmonologist had not been on call, I would have died too.
Key Terms: Inequality- Racism- Discrimination- Ageism- Race- Implicit Bias- Preexisting Conditions.
Readings:
Campbell, Melanie L. “Double Jeopardy: COVID-19 and Me.” Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging, vol. 46, no. 1, 2022, pp. 1–4. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/48679955. 
 Goode, Christina A., and Thomas Landefeld. “The Lack of Diversity in Healthcare: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions.” Journal of best practices in health professions diversity 11.2 (2018): 73–95. Print. (Go to the university library website. Put the title in the search engine and the article comes up)
Documentary:
Covid-19 exacerbates Mississippi
Assignment: Submit an entry into the forum and engage in the conversation with your peers based on your own experience, and the readings.