Today on my way to clinic, my Uber driver (who was an older white male) asked me “Oh! Are you a doctor?”. His FIRST guess. I am 40. I became an MD at 26. Today was the first time a non-Black person heard I was “headed to a clinic” and guessed that I was a doctor. It felt nice. 🤓
George Floyd and I were both arrested for allegedly spending a counterfeit $20 bill. For George Floyd, a man my age, with two kids, it was a death sentence. For me, it is a story I sometimes tell at parties. That, my friends, is White privilege.
i’m sorry but i can’t wrap my mind around the fact that people think it’s okay to treat others like this because the color of their skin, like that actually makes me sick