🏥 Prescription Discrimination 🤒

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. Spill the Spoon – Your space for questions, tea, and tales. Support the showWith Extra Spoons, Sunny Dee, RN BSN