I am a Black woman physician and my white patients regularly question my competence in ways I know they would never question a white male doctor, and I am exhausted from having to prove myself over and over again.
More people experience this than they realize.
The person experiences the compounding effects of racial and gender bias that forces them to constantly re-establish their professional credibility.
“Where Are You with Healthcare equity and structural racism in medicine?”
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