 in history...ness.
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 And a lot of black people
 have a skepticism
 of the medical field
 due to a long history of abuse
 and neglect.
 During slavery, doctors
 claimed that if a slave
 wanted to run away,
 it was because they had
 a mental illness
 and not because of,
 you know, wanting freedom.
 Fast-forward to the '30s,
 doctors in Tuskegee
 failed to treat black men
 with syphilis
 just so
 they could study the disease.
 Even today, black patients
 have longer ER wait times
 than white people with
 the exact same symptoms.
 This history,
 plus limited access to
 affordable healthcare,
 has led many black people
 to stop going to
 doctors altogether.
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I don't mess with doctors!
