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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]invisibility as a racial microaggression, with one student sharing, “It took them the whole first year to be able to tell me apart from the other Asian guy.”[/quote]

lol cry more.

In point of fact, [b]I prefer Asian doctors and surgeons because they are hard-working, competent,[/b] and overcame affirmative action working against them. See, sometimes racism works in your favor![/quote]

As an ICU RN I worked side-by-side with medical students and residents for 15+ years in an academic medical center in a setting where we had many critically ill and dying patients. I will say (and I'm sure that this will be deleted in about 5 seconds) that outward empathy and compassion is less prevalent in SOME Asian medical doctors/residents than other races.  I have no doubt that this mostly cultural but it impacts how they are viewed by some patients and staff members.

Now watching this get deleted in 3..2..1..
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You mean they don’t cry white lady crocodile tears?

What you don’t get is that Asians face discrimination and microaggressions from their first day of kindergarten onwards. Our faces are pretty much trained to remain neutral. Especially in a professional setting. That does not mean there is lack of feeling or empathy. But you wouldn’t get that.

The fact that you’re a nurse, that should have some knowledge of science, and claiming that a particular ethnic group lacks empathy more than other groups is pretty disgusting.  
But your bias is expected and not actually surprising.

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