• kaitco@lemmy.world
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      I can’t speak to the ones about holding babies because I try to generally avoid that, but I’m a black woman, and I feel these to the depths of my soul.

      I remember some girl in college literally asking me “Oh, are you from a broken home?” It took me a minute to even understand the question.

    • chuymatt@startrek.website
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      The healthcare ones are real. I hear it from my own patients. I have to apologize for my job sector too frequently to women of color.