My patient called me the N-word

<p>"There were many things to be processed about that event. It happened within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, its disproportional effects on the African American community, and a few days after the murder of George Floyd, an African American man killed at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer by asphyxiation. His murder was the third in a row of recent and widely publicized, unjust killings around the country. First, Ahmaud Arbery; second, Breonna Taylor; and third, George Floyd — all within a few short months. Their deaths sparked a social zeitgeist that exposed America’s divisions and systemic racism at a level we haven’t seen in a long time."</p> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/toba-bolaji-do-486b3350/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Toba Bolaji</a> is a surgery resident and can be reached on Twitter <a href= "https://twitter.com/tobabolaji?lang=en" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">@tobabolaji</a>.</p> <p>He shares his story and discusses his KevinMD article, "<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/03/the-day-my-patient-called-me-the-n-word.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The day my patient called me the N-word</a>." (<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/03/the-day-my-patient-called-me-the-n-word.html">https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/03/the-day-my-patient-called-me-the-n-word.html</a>)</p>