I have had several experiences of people in healthcare making assumptions about me based on my skin color. In one instance, I had gone to a provider and found that my liver levels were high. The provider accused me of drinking and said that’s why my levels were high. After I corrected her that I am not a drinker, she refused to believe it and kept pressing the issue.

I needed to find out what was wrong so I eventually fired her and found a new doctor. As I later learned, my liver levels were high because of a medication she had put me on, so she was blaming me for a problem that started with her recommendation.