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GeoWilliam750

(2,522 posts)
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 05:14 PM Oct 2016

Black Doctors Challenge Delta Airlines with Inspirational Hashtag #WhatADoctorLooksLike

When physician Tamika Cross shared her story of being dismissed while trying to help a man in need, many black doctors felt her pain.

Cross says she was on a Delta Flight from Detroit heading to Minneapolis when a passenger became unresponsive and flight attendants called for medical help.

But when Cross tried to step in, she recalls the flight attendant told her, “We are looking for actual physicians…”

https://goodblacknews.org/2016/10/14/black-doctors-challenge-delta-airlines-with-inspirational-hashtag-whatadoctorlookslike/

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Black Doctors Challenge Delta Airlines with Inspirational Hashtag #WhatADoctorLooksLike (Original Post) GeoWilliam750 Oct 2016 OP
Aaaah... sheshe2 Oct 2016 #1

sheshe2

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1. Aaaah...
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 05:36 PM
Oct 2016

I see, not just a black doctor. A woman that happens to be black and a doctor to boot. Uppity.

For the love of the goddess. Stop with the bigotry, misogyny and racism.

Thank you Geo for posting this, sad as it is.

#WhatADoctorLooksLike

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