Some Black medical illustrators say the lack of diversity in the images can have a negative impact on patients and providers.
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Medical illustrations predominantly depict white male bodies, Black illustrators say. Less than 5% of images in four of the medicine textbooks assigned at top medical schools in the United States show dark skin, researchers found in a 2018 study.
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The smartest people i know are black, so proud
That’s funny
I want to find a black friend, I’m Persian and I know what is racism.
@𓆝.°☉✧ 𝕃𝕒𝕝𝕚 Gaͣg ✧☽°.𓆞 why is that funny to you? One of the best and smartest OB/GYNs I know is a black man. He solved a serious problem for me that more white doctor brushed me off about it.
I had another black OB/GYN save my life from complications from a miscarriage. My white doctor wanted to put me in for “observation” while I was hemorrhaging. By the time the black doctor took charge and got me to surgery, even with a couple of units of blood, I died on the table from blood loss. He brought me back, fixed my complications, and of course gave me several more pints of blood. The white doctor had been brushing me off prior to the surgery when I kept telling him something was wrong. He gave me an antidepressant and a BC to “fix” me. You are wrong and racist to question their intelligence.
@Mr. King what is racism?
You must not know many smart people. They come in all colors.
Literally not needed…
@Twisted-Afro I don’t see the problem.
Then close your eyes
Neither was that comment Nathan but you posted it anyway 🙄
You’re not needed but yet you’re still here
As if you would know
💖
Cool but you can’t see a thing.
You’re bad
Remember God loves you!♥️
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Please turn your life around and repent.🙏
The clock is ticking…..
We now need yellow and red skin tones and all will be well? Probably not.
I’m sure many of those illustrations are seen as ‘yellow’ or ‘red’, but never black.
I never realise that no medical textbook have coloured people animation🙄🙄 we always knew there is white people and to look out for erythema but you cant see erythema in every colour😪😪
Glad to see this!
It makes no difference of the color of a baby! GOD loves them all equally as people should! Let’s go Brandon
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@Brien, maybe. maybe we can agree that the world is full of bad people no matter their color, race , religion, party choice! This old world only has one man that is perfect as we both know!
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How does this make national news? I don’t understand why this is a big deal.
Well it’s not for you.
The fact that people are making snark comments on this post shows we still have a long way to go the “White Privilege” attacks again. ..this is amazing to see…and until you send your whole life never seeing a representation of yourself you will never understand how beautiful this is…
More negative of an impact that the baby Daddy running away?
No, we don’t need it.
No, you’re not needed
@Kyla Armstrong-Benjamin Find something tall to jump off
You need other things I see
So nice to see!! Great job diversity in textbooks. We’re moving in the right direction.
Oooh in my bio book I think there are black white asian and more males and females ! That’s a great initiative I love it !
Cool. No one cares.
SIR…HOPEFULLY, in YOUR home country THOSE texts WILL have accurate representations; THE MAIN POINT is to represent The Human Body. IF YOU are more comfortable seeing medical drawings representing YOUR DARKER skin color…so be it; GOOD FOR YOU
…(I DID hit the wrong key!); YOU can represent the genuine (and, varied) skin colors…GO FOR IT!! (Isn’t EVERYONE’S blood RED?! HMMmm…). 😲☺️👣🩴