We had a all day talk on PC fishing with some of and my closest male friend the big guy, they are all legal citizens from abroad all work in law enforcement and have over 2 decades each over half of my friends are dark skinned, I admit it did take me awhile to be accepted totally about 2 years max, they think PC is a plague! I agree.
I think advertisers have the right to market to whatever group they wish, just as I think restaurants and bars have the right to market to smokers and whatever, even though this has been outlawed by government in many areas. If it an essential service or item that is only available from one source in any given area discrimination should be prohibited, but if their are a multitude of, say, bakeries, each should be allowed to market to the group of their choices, be it Lesbians, Christians, Jews, Blacks, Asians, or Whites. It would be a bad market strategy to limit your clientele, but it should be allowed on private property. If government is involved in any way, such as healthcare, all prejudice should be prohibited whatever the basis. I have noticed the broadening of the advertising market in most areas, and I think it is a good strategy to use. I am not prejudiced in any way (except maybe against some Physician's Assistants), but I am a strong supporter of individual property rights, and I think that trumps a person's right to access. We have many Female Only establishments here, but Male Only establishments are prohibited. I think both should be allowed.
Dallas Tx has a black only police officer's association heaven forbid if there was one for white only! Same for BET media TV. I could care less either way really. Just more PC creating feelings that are negative in some.
Town I used to work in had two Elks clubs yes the official BPOE, one was known as the Elks, the other as the Black Elks Club. Whether this segregation was sanctioned or just arose organically I don't know.
It's time for the American Whites to.......do something. Have you looked at the rosters of Physicians in your local Hospital lately? The great majority are from India! In fact, my personal physician is an Indian Woman. Hal
What should American Whites do, Hal? What about American Blacks, where do they fit in? They are American, no? Do you like your Indian Woman physician Hal? Is She qualified to have you as her patient? Where I live, when a doctor not born here practices medicine, (s)he is generally from the former Soviet Union, now called Russia. They are white. Would you prefer that?
What an interesting thought, and question, @Lulu Moppet , and one that just fits into my (our) life right now . The primary care doctor that we see , we think is Russian, and Bobby was told that he had been at Chernoble, or somewhere close to that. He is an amazing doctor, and only treats seniors . He doesn’t prescribe unneeded drugs, and the only thing he thinks differently than we do, is that he advises against vitamin supplementation. However, even that makes sense, because what he is concerned about is that many of the vitamins come from China, and are not necessarily made under proper safety inspections. My cardiologist , who is an excellent doctor, is Indian (we think.. His name is Balachandran, if that helps), and the heart doctor that I had before was Puerto Rican. Truly, the only problem that I have with a doctor from some foreign country, is when it is hard to understand their English, and communication is difficult. Actually, there are people who live right here in our neighborhood that I can’t understand AT ALL, and I think it is just because they listen to rap music and talk way too fast. And don’t use good grammar.
Pretty much everyone around here is white, and that includes physicians, nurses, and so on. The Bangor hospital has a few ethnicities, I think, and my urologist is Indian, but he's been here for quite a while, is a citizen, and he's a Republican, so I don't mind. That is tongue-in-cheek, by the way; I can't imagine why I would care about the skin color or nationality of a doctor who is treating me, although the ability to speak English is a plus. While I was living in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, a large percentage of the nurses staffing the hospitals were Filipino and yes, local Mexican-American nurses were not pleased that the hospitals used a nurse staffing program that employed mostly Filipinos. The reasons they gave was that they worked cheaper than what they'd have to pay local nurses.
If immigrants are here legally, I am all for them practicing anything they are competent to perform, be it engineering, medicine, architecture, or whatever. It does rankle me a bit that you can have blacks-only and women-only organizations, while the same is not available to every other group..We should have the right of free association. As I have said before, I support the ability of restaurants and bars to solicit smokers even though I would never frequent such establishments myself. Smoking in a restaurant I find to be disgusting, but I would not ban others from doing so. I think if you can have female-only athletic facilities, then male-only facilities should have the right to exist as well. Of course, organizations and members should be held responsible for the actions taken as a result of those meeting, gatherings, or conferences.
I remember when Canada nationalized their health system. We had a major influx of doctors and nurses as they fled Canada. They came in buses across the border. I don't know if they were all here legally.
You know what, Don......it probably doesn’t even make any difference about special organizations anymore, since any person can choose to call themself any gender , or any race. We have transgender men who now win the women’s competitions because they identify as a woman, and we have seen the stories of people claiming to be a different race than they are, too (I won’t name names on this, but we all know who she is). I was reading your post , and agreeing, and then I stopped and thought ....... what difference does it make if it is black only, or women only, or whatever-only, if anyone can just proclaim themself to be whatever they want to be ? We have transgender movie stars who are famous as women, and idolized as a woman; but are really a man from birth. I guess I can’t say that this is wrong, but it is something that will always seem strange to me.
@Yvonne Smith I just want everything to be equivalent. You know I read a theory (I know, another conspiracy) that much of the activism that is sponsored by the likes of Soros and others, has nothing to do with anyone's rights. They want to attack marriage, biology-related toilets, and gender specific sports just to get people used to the idea that they can be made to do anything. That was part of why 55 year-old celibate nuns were required under Obamacare to have maternity coverage and health insurance that covered abortions and birth control. They just want to show that we can be made to accept whatever they decide. It was once said that the difference between Canadians and Americans was that if Canadians were told by their government to stand in line for something, they would comply and go get in the queue for what ever was commanded, while the Americans would bitch and complain and demonstrate and whine to Congress or whoever. The special interest groups are simply trying to turn us into Canadians.
I am concerned about Hal not having a physician he is comfortable with. I honestly don't care about his reasons, they are personal to him. Having a good, trusting relationship with one's doctor is extremely important. If Hal does not feel secure in his doctor's care, I urge him to find a doctor he can like and respect.
My best friend had a leg/knee accident and a new knee could not be attached at to nothing solid to attach it to so internal leg now is titanium - doctor said if you don't walk daily you never will again when you do you will hurt daily, now walking over a mile daily in all weather every day steps and curbs are still a challenge and this person was a dentist for 40 yrs, forced retirement and so many life changes, fell 18" changing a light bulb was all. I need a knee replacement but not until I have to for sure I had 1 operation already on it. The friendship with my dentist turned into meeting many doctors now as personal friends and turned my entire life around as to medical prevention as I used to not be that way, hearing the non patient talk from them is an eye opener for sure as to what they see, yes trusting and a good relationship withy a doctor is a must, we get older every day and that is more important than it was yesterday to us.