Black woman doctor on flight dismissed as passenger chokes

This is a really sad story, and it underlines just how pervasive racism can be. On an American domestic flight a man started choking and the flight crew asked the passengers whether there was a doctor on the plane.

There was a doctor; she happened to be a black woman. The flight attendant dismissed her offer to help and said "No, we are looking for an 'actual' physician or medical staff". Can you imagine how that would feel? You are a black woman who has worked your butt off to get good grades in high school and then at college so you can get into medical school, you've done well enough to continue on to become an OBGYN specialist and yet on this flight you are dismissed out of hand merely because you are a black woman. I can't imagine how frustrating and hurtful that would be.

For the sort of people who are constantly claiming that there is no real racism and deny the economic disparities between white and black people, this story is a reminder that no matter how hard a black person works and how accomplished they are, these racists can't accept them even when they are discriminating against someone who is smarter and more accomplished than they are.

http://fortune.com/2016/10/14/black-doctor-delta-flight/