PERSONAL EVOLUTION
A Racist Doctor and My Shameful Behavior
Standing strong would have been the right thing to do
A miserable racist prick. That’s what he was. Misogynistic too.
Women were all “girls” to him. Mexicans were lazy. Blacks were lazy and stupid.
Who knows what he thought of my group.
We were professional colleagues. Often when it was just us in an office together he would vent his hatred, his racist views, his misogyny, his horribly wrong ideas about others we worked with or cared for.
We were both doctors. Medical scientists. Expected to behave ethically, to know right from wrong, to treat everyone the same, render care to everyone equally regardless of ability to pay, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation.
Did I ever see him do differently? No, but then again I wasn’t really watching. Doctors, even most colleagues, work independently, in parallel mostly, leading a team of others rather than collaborating simultaneously in the care of a single patient.
But, as mentioned, Dave* would spew his hatred when we were alone. I also never heard him vent his views to a group. Too many witnesses I suppose. Dave was not stupid, nor was he lacking in accomplishments.
