NHS staff have been called "dirty foreigners" and "monkeys" amid a "noticeable" and "unacceptable" rise in racism from patients, a survey has found.
NHS staff have been called "dirty foreigners" and "monkeys" amid a "noticeable" and "unacceptable" rise in racism from patients, a survey has found.
21 Comments
saltnotsugar@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 38d
Hmmm…I seem to be critically injured. Should I act decent? Nah, let’s insult the person trying to help me.
Mirshe@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 38d
Nah, these people think the nonwhite nurses and doctors will somehow harm them, negligently or intentionally kill them, etc.
Because that's what these racists would do to nonwhite patients.
cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de · 22 pts · 38d
There seems to be an easy solution here.
atro_city@fedia.io · 20 pts · 38d
They are so ignorant they don't understand how ignorant they are.
ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 38d
Racism hasn't traditionally been regarded as a particularly logical position.
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 6 pts · 38d
Actually it has been, hence "scientific" racism.
ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 38d
Fuck, you're right. Well, that makes me feel worse.
echodot@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 38d
I thought scientific racism was when you threw test tubes at geologists.
Maeve@kbin.earth · 4 pts · 38d
It serves the empire's purpose if more "disposables" die from their own choices and absolve the ruling classes of responsibility.
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · 18 pts · 38d
Exactly like the people that were asking for a vaccine on their death bed. Stupidity beyond comprehension
cynar@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 38d
Ignorance, rather than stupidity. In many ways it's worse. Stupidity can at best be outgrown with time. Ignorance is, in the modern world, a choice.
Plaisteach@piefed.social · 13 pts · 38d
This sounds like it could sort itself out given some time.
echodot@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 38d
That's how you become an organ donor.
If people want to be racist let them be racist, at home with their medical issue still ongoing, they can either stop being racist, they can die of sepsis. But that will be their choice.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 38d
not seeing the problem here, let them wait.. and wait.. and wait
Triumph@fedia.io · 6 pts · 38d
Racists gon' race.
DakRalter@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 38d
... to the grave.
subOrange@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 38d
Get them on a plane, we will love them here in Europe.
FluidBeef@quokk.au · 5 pts · 38d
The racists?
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 5 pts · 38d
Given how Germany treats its Syrians, I don't think so.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk · -1 pts · 38d
Sending them to Spain Italy and Greece via the Med as we speak. 👍
Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 38d
These are probably the same people who voted Brexit. That backfired. Instead of healthcare positions being filled by Europeans they're now being filled by people further afield.
I can't be nice for the people receiving this abuse. If I could I'd let them know there are good people here too, not just the rotten racists.