I know that there have been studies, which you were just discussing, where Black women are historically mistreated by doctors because they do not believe African American women when they say that they are not feeling well or when they are complaining about an ache or a pain, that a diagnosis on a larger scale is not done on them once they say that.
Share
More from Stacey Plaskett
I thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Huffman) for yielding and for convening us here. I also thank the gentleman for not being swayed by the rhetoric that is happening outside, that is pulling people's attention away from this dire…
Project 2025 is an existential threat to our Nation's core values and safety.
the Virgin Islands has lost one of its great creative and cultural visionaries with the passing of Gerville Rene Larson. Everyone knows Gerville was more than an architect. He was a steward of our history and an artist of our identity. His…
I rise to recognize National Kidney Month and to speak plainly about it and what it means for my constituents in the Virgin Islands. Chronic kidney disease affects more than one in seven American adults. When it progresses to end-stage…
Other voices in this conversation
