When a ni@@a gon' catch a break mehn? This woman is not laughing....

Trash Source (WITH PICS): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2364335/Ghetto-Booty--White-doctors-diagnosis-female-African-American-patient-lower-pain.html

A sports medicine doctor in Tennessee managed to be racist, sexist and condescending all at once, by giving a patient the diagnosis of 'ghetto booty.'
55-year-old Terry Ragland was experiencing some lower back pain, so she decided to get it checked out at Sports Orthopedics & Spine in Jackson, Tennessee - a clinic she had been to before when she had knee surgery.
But this time she saw a different doctor, and the experience only added insult to her injury.

After having x-rays taken, Dr. Timothy Sweo came in to tell Ragland his diagnosis.
'He said "I know what the problem is: It's ghetto booty"' Ragland told WREG.
'I think I blacked out after he said ghetto booty. I think my mind was just stuck on the phrase because I couldn't believe he said that,' she said.
Dr Sweo went on to say that there's no cure for ghetto booty, but that he could prescribe some medication for her pain.
When Ragland was leaving the office she asked to speak to the office manager, and complained about the comment.
A few weeks later she got a letter from Dr Sweo in the mail, addressing the incident.

He explained that he 'was trying to take a technical conversation regarding your lower back and make it less technical.'
But that comment only further enraged Ragland who felt that he was dumbing it down for her.
'It says to me that he doubts what type of intellect I have, how intelligent I am to be able to understand what he conveys to me in a medical term.'
Dr Sweo was contacted by WREG reporters, and while he apologized for the comment, it didn't seem like he entirely regretted saying it.
He said he was trying to explain her condition - lumbar lordosis - which is the curve of the lower spine which makes the buttocks protrude more.

'In trying to explain that I said that she had ghetto booty and she didn't like that apparently. That was my attempt to explain why she had the back problem.'
'I think I do understand why her feelings were hurt but I don't understand what's offensive about it,' he said.

It's not a mistake Sweo will be repeating.
'That was probably inappropriate. She certainly felt that way and I won't do that anymore,' he said.

'It's not endearing. It's not loving. It's not a compliment. It's wrong in every aspect and it's very demeaning,' Ragland said about the diagnosis.
A medical professor agrees, and says that's not how medical students are taught to interact with patients.
Dr Samueal Dagogo-Jack, a professor at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences said: 'I would not consider such diction as having any place in the clinical encounter.'
'Treating people with dignity is very important and is an essential ingredient to a successful outcome.'
Ragland has filed a complaint with the state and they will investigate the claim. The information will be presented to the Board of Medical Examiners officers who will determine how, or if to take disciplinary action with Dr Sweo.
Dr Sweo has not faced disciplinary action during his medical career in Tennessee.

don't know if I should laugh or b angry

I recall browsing in a jewellery shop outside London with my cousin. The (white) shop owner told us she had plenty of "bling" for our consideration. Without spoken word nor mutual acknowledgement, my cousin and I walked out the shop immediately, wholly disgusted.

The word "bling" triggered a "knee-jerk" sort of reaction and we fled, vexed. I don't normally find the word so offensive or derogatory.

This story at first glance is hilarious! . But its reflection is a sombre one. Watch him grin in that last photo...

How unprofessional. I find his reasons even more disgusting:

"...was trying to take a technical conversation regarding your lower back and make it less technical".
The fact that he even had the audacity to say this is so demeaning.

"...That was my attempt to explain why she had the back problem. I think I do understand why her feelings were hurt but I don't understand what's offensive about it".
He sounds very stubborn, saying he doesn't understand what's offensive about it. He gets why her feelings are hurt, but not what's offensive about it? That seems like a contradiction. He doesn't appear remorseful at all.




Dr Samueal Dagogo-Jack, a professor at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences said: 'I would not consider such diction as having any place in the clinical encounter. Treating people with dignity is very important and is an essential ingredient to a successful outcome.'

Exactly.


While the article states he "has not faced disciplinary action during his medical career in Tennessee", I doubt this's the first time something like this has happened. She may be the first person to come forward, but it's likely other people have had similar experiences with him, but didn't speak out. I wonder if more people would come forward now.

lol,very inappropriate, but, does big booty translate in a painful lower back?

Flytefalls: I recall browsing in a jewellery shop outside London with my cousin. The (white) shop owner told us she had plenty of "bling" for our consideration. Without spoken word nor mutual acknowledgement, my cousin and I walked out the shop immediately, wholly disgusted.

The word "bling" triggered a "knee-jerk" sort of reaction and we fled, vexed. I don't normally find the word so offensive or derogatory.

This story at first glance is hilarious! . But its reflection is a sombre one. Watch him grin in that last photo...

Ok, I am not trying to say you and your brother are ... paranoid, would you have developed this knee-jerk sort of reaction if the shop owner had been black? You know this whole ratial blah blah leaves us so so sensitive.

phoinix:

Ok, I am not trying to say you and your brother are ... paranoid, would you have developed this knee-jerk sort of reaction if the shop owner had been black? You know this whole ratial blah blah leaves us so so sensitive.

Brother?? Paranoia?

Nah bruv, my response was almost sub-conscious. I felt it was inappropriate and left before I had time to rationalise that she probably wasn't being malicious. Did she say it because I am young, and not necessarily because I am black? Already I feel like I am making excuses for her, and why should I? I live in urban London, where "bling" is rarely used with positive connotation and almost always used when making a mockery of people who pile on Jewellery and look garish and tawdry

(However, I do admit that my experience is pathetic compared to "ghetto booty" )

Flytefalls:
Brother?? Paranoia?

Nah bruv, my response was almost sub-conscious. I felt it was inappropriate and left before I had time to rationalise that she probably wasn't being malicious. Did she say it because I am young, and not necessarily because I am black? Already I feel like I am making excuses for her, and why should I? I live in urban London, where "bling" is rarely used with positive connotation and almost always used when making a mockery of people who pile on Jewellery and look garish and tawdry

(However, I do admit that my experience is pathetic compared to "ghetto booty" )

Was I so stoned I didn't notice it was you and cousin? Oh, I see it now, that's rude of her.



(by d way this is OD, and wanna say hi )

That is soooo unprofessional of him.