Although this has become second-nature for Cross, she chose to make her story public because the racial bias held by the flight attendant threatened the man’s life. If she was the only doctor, the patient might have been in serious condition before she could pass the checking done by the attendant. Johnson states that this isn’t just a issue for African Americans, but also negatively affects a majority of women doctors. This discrimination is known as “implicit bias”, which is a type of unconscious thinking that many people let to steer their decision making when faced with certain situations. There are many psychological tests whose results show that a vast majority of people have an implicit bias against female doctors. When a black woman states that she is a doctor, people struggle to understand what seems to be false in the light of their bias. This is different from a white male who claims to be a doctor—most people give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he must be correct. claim to be a doctor because he is given the “benefit of the doubt”. The author then mentions how these biases play a critical role in politics and the debates
Although this has become second-nature for Cross, she chose to make her story public because the racial bias held by the flight attendant threatened the man’s life. If she was the only doctor, the patient might have been in serious condition before she could pass the checking done by the attendant. Johnson states that this isn’t just a issue for African Americans, but also negatively affects a majority of women doctors. This discrimination is known as “implicit bias”, which is a type of unconscious thinking that many people let to steer their decision making when faced with certain situations. There are many psychological tests whose results show that a vast majority of people have an implicit bias against female doctors. When a black woman states that she is a doctor, people struggle to understand what seems to be false in the light of their bias. This is different from a white male who claims to be a doctor—most people give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he must be correct. claim to be a doctor because he is given the “benefit of the doubt”. The author then mentions how these biases play a critical role in politics and the debates