Endo, Lupus & Racial Bias in Healthcare | Tamika & Rita Smith | EP13

Endometriosis, lupus, and racial bias in healthcare collide inside one family in this episode. Host Callie Greenberg sits down with Tamika Smith and her mother Rita Smith to share their journey navigating chronic illness across two generations and the medical system that kept dismissing both of them. Tamika and Rita's diagnoses arrived very differently, but they share the same exhausting feeling of being medically gaslit and bullied because of the color of their skin. They talk openly about what it took to be heard, the cumulative toll of bias inside doctor's offices, and how mother and daughter learned to fight for each other when the system refused to fight for either of them. This conversation is for Black women and women of color living with endo, lupus, or any chronic illness, and for anyone who needs to understand how race shapes medical outcomes in America today. In this episode: How racial bias delays diagnosis for endometriosis and lupus A mother and daughter's parallel chronic illness journeys Medical gaslighting Black women still face today What advocacy looks like across generations Building a family system that fights for itself Resources & Links: Endo Warriors Podcast on Instagram: @endowarriorspodcast Callie Greenberg on Instagram: @callie_greenberg The Girls Room on Instagram: @Tgrofficialhq The Girls Room website: thegirlsroomofficial.com Tamika Smith on Instagram: @tamikad_smith Rita Smith on Instagram: @bad_girl_riri504