Let’s get real, racism in healthcare isn’t just a history book lesson 📚. It’s 2025, and Black patients are still being dismissed, ignored, and dying at higher rates than they should.

In this episode, we’re unpacking the truth:

⚖️ The roots of medical racism (yes, it started centuries ago… and it hasn’t gone away)

👩🏾‍🍼 The tragic story of Keira Johnson, a Black mother who died after her pleas for help were ignored postpartum

🩹 My own ER experiences of. being stereotyped, dismissed, and denied proper care

🔑 Why advocacy for Black spoonies isn’t optional but mandatory!

This episode is heavier than usual. Less spoonie sass, more storytelling + receipts. Because protecting your spoons means naming the systems that are stealing them. And racism? Is one of the biggest spoon thieves of all.

✨ Resources Mentioned:

• 📊 CDC: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Mortality (2023)
• 📝 Hoffman et al., PNAS (2016): Racial bias in pain assessment & treatment
• 💔 Charles Johnson’s advocacy for Keira Johnson: ForKiera.org
• 🖤 Black Women’s Health Imperative: bwhi.org

🎧 Tap play. Get the education. Sit with the discomfort. Because silence protects the system — but our stories? They expose it.

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With Extra Spoons,

Sunny Dee, RN BSN