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I wanted to know how this had happened, what the owner-writers who had fought in support of the card had said as their arguments. I had trouble imagining this room of 10 white people arguing over using the n-word as a joke in a multi-million dollar card game.
How to Know You’re Not Insane
Nicolas Carter
A [study](http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fatlantablackstar.com%2F2015%2F09%2F15%2Fracism-hurting-black-children-medical-study-finds-doctors-less-likely-give-painkillers-black-children-whites%2F&t=NjdlOWY0NTVjODliNmQ1NWJhYWFlMmRlNTUzN2U4MzVlZDk4MDhjMCwycVE4b0tSTg%3D%3D) released last year in JAMA Pediatrics found that Black and Latino children who are treated for acute appendicitis — which is a painful inflammation of the appendix — are less likely to receive painkillers than their white counterparts.
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For moderate pain, Black children more likely received no medication whatsoever, while they were less likely to receive opioids for severe pain. Doctors were more apt to treat Black patients with nonopioid analgesia, such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen.
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**The authors of the study cited doctors’ racial bias against Black children, surmising that physicians may believe Blacks have a higher threshold for pain, or are more prone to drug addiction, or are less worthy than whites of receiving such treatment.**
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Racism, apparently, is more painful than you may have realized.
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Green Sky Over Me
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Practise clustering and freewriting for 20 minutes every day for a week.
Creative Writing
Linda Anderson
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