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Gormur wrote:I find it weird but interesting how Natives and Inuit are discriminated against but racism is a term reserved for other ethnicities
Gormur wrote:Interesting. From what I understand then, racism is political persecution
linguoboy wrote:But then he thought about how, if someone had Tagalog as their primary language, this was the only doctor they could see while he, as a native English-speaker, could talk to anyone on staff. He didn't like the idea of taking up a slot which would be of more benefit to someone from a marginalised community.
But in this case, both the intent and the impact are presumably positive: The Asian-American and the woman doctors will have more time for less-privileged patients (or for doing other work of interest to him) and his care won't suffer as a consequence.
vijayjohn wrote:linguoboy wrote:But then he thought about how, if someone had Tagalog as their primary language, this was the only doctor they could see while he, as a native English-speaker, could talk to anyone on staff. He didn't like the idea of taking up a slot which would be of more benefit to someone from a marginalised community.
I can appreciate the intent, at least, but are there really Filipinos in the US who don't speak English? I thought Filipinos used English just about as much as we Indians do. I have trouble imagining an Indian immigrant specifically seeking out an Indian doctor in the US due to language concerns (if said doctor happened to be a family member, that would be a different story, but I have no idea whether this is an experience Filipinos have). Is this a concern Filipinos have expressed before?
vijayjohn wrote:But in this case, both the intent and the impact are presumably positive: The Asian-American and the woman doctors will have more time for less-privileged patients (or for doing other work of interest to him) and his care won't suffer as a consequence.
On the flip side, will patients actually seek them out? Do Asian-American and woman doctors have as many business opportunities as their white and/or male counterparts? Will these doctors see enough patients and thus make enough money? (Or does it not matter because the insurance companies get most of the money anyway?).
vijayjohn wrote:I'm also still curious as to whether Filipinos actually say this is what they want.
linguoboy wrote:vijayjohn wrote:I'm also still curious as to whether Filipinos actually say this is what they want.
So am I. How would you propose finding out?
vijayjohn wrote:linguoboy wrote:vijayjohn wrote:I'm also still curious as to whether Filipinos actually say this is what they want.
So am I. How would you propose finding out?
Ask them?
linguoboy wrote:vijayjohn wrote:linguoboy wrote:vijayjohn wrote:I'm also still curious as to whether Filipinos actually say this is what they want.
So am I. How would you propose finding out?
Ask them?
Be more specific. The people in question are precisely those with the least English and I don’t speak any Philippine languages.
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