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Dr. Fatima Stanford Cody, a physician and expert in obesity medicine, told CNN she was on a trip to Indianapolis to Boston on Saturday.
Dr. Fatima Stanford Cody, a physician and expert in obesity medicine, told CNN she was on a trip to Indianapolis to Boston on Saturday.
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Click through the slideshow to see the racial incidents that have made national headlines recently.
Click through the slideshow to see the racial incidents that have made national headlines recently.
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San Jose State University student Esra Altun, 19, said to man yanked her by her hijab, causing it to tighten around her neck and choke her. The incident happened after the presidential election, in a garage parking garage.
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San Jose State University student Esra Altun, 19, said to man yanked her by her hijab, causing it to tighten around her neck and choke her. The incident happened after the presidential election
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Racist graffiti
appeared at an elementary school in Alameda, Calif. the weekend following Donald Trump's election to the presidency. To fight the hateful messages, parents and students held "mass welcome committees" at several schools in the district.
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Racist graffiti
appeared at an elementary school in Alameda, Calif. the weekend following Donald Trump's election to the presidency. To fight the hateful messages, parents and students held "mass welcome
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Photo: Gabrielle Lurie, The Chronicle
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Photo: Connor Radnovich, The Chronicle
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Three men waving Confederate flags
were seen at a Veterans Day parade in Petaluma, Calif. and two were reportedly wearing Donald Trump shirts. The display stunned locals, including Rep. Jared Huffman, who
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A video of a charcoal barbecue at Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif. attracted national attention after being shared and viewed from their initial posting. An event titled BBQ'N While Black was held in response to incident. The flyer, designed by Jhamel Robinson, one of the organizers, looks like one of the dozens of memes that have been shared on social media.
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A video of a charcoal barbecue at Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif. attracted national attention after being shared and viewed from their initial posting. An event titled
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Yale Police were allegedly called by a white student to report a black student on Tuesday, May 9, 2018. The police would not leave you after the woman, Lolade Siyonbola – who is a graduate student at Yale – showed them the key to her room and her ID.
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A Starbucks store manager in Philadelphia asked Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson to leave because they had not made any purchases. After they declined, they said they were waiting for a friend, the manager called the police. Six officers showed up in the face of the world and were viewed more than 8 million times on social media.
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A Starbucks store manager in Philadelphia asked Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson to leave because they had not made any purchases. After they declined, they said they were waiting for a friend, the manager
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A white woman called the police on Michael Hayes, a black real estate investor in Memphis, who was inspecting a house in May 2018. The video went viral, and the ending had a surprising twist.
A white woman called the police on Michael Hayes, a black real estate investor in Memphis, who was inspecting a house in May 2018. The video went viral, and the ending had a surprising twist.
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Suehaila Amen, coordinator of International Admissions and Recruitment at the University of Michigan Dearborn, is seen on campus, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 in Dearborn, Mich. Amid the high level of harassment, threats and vandalism directed at American Muslims and at mosques, Muslim women are intensely debating the duties and risks of wearing their head-coverings as usual. (AP Photo / Tim Galloway) less
Suehaila Amen, coordinator of International Admissions and Recruitment at the University of Michigan Dearborn, is seen on campus, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 in Dearborn, Mich. Amid the high level of harassment, … more
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The Coffee Beans and Tea Leaf on Houston 2013 in 2013. They have yet to announce these locations will be kosher. (KEN CHITWOOD)
The Coffee Beans and Tea Leaf on Houston 2013 in 2013. They have yet to announce these locations will be kosher. (KEN CHITWOOD)
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An interaction between a Muslim woman in a coffee shop and a coffee shop in Riverside, Calif. was captured on video. When he was asked why he was being racist, he replied, "I do not like it, I do not like it because I do not like your religion. How's that? " The man was kicked out of the cafe.
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An interaction between a Muslim woman in a coffee shop and a coffee shop in Riverside, Calif. was captured on video. When the woman asked the man why he was being racist toward her, he
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A video involving members of Syracuse University's Theta Tau spewing racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, sexist language and gestures sparked outcry online.
A video involving members of Syracuse University's Theta Tau spewing racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, sexist language and gestures sparked outcry online.
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Disturbing photos of a multicultural weekend – surfaced on social media. The same fraternity also dressed in "gangster" stereotypes. The incident was far from Cal Poly's only racist incident. The university was criticized for its response to a fraternity that hosted a "Colonial Bros and Nava-Hos" party in 2013, and another fraternity that in 2017 posted a photo of culturally and ethnically insensitive depicting members, along with firearms. less
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Starbucks under scrutiny again: A Latino customer by the name of Pedro accused Starbucks employees of giving him a cup with a racial slur on it. The incident happened in La Canotada, Calif.
Starbucks under scrutiny again: A Latino customer by the name of Pedro accused Starbucks employees of giving him a cup with a racial slur on it. The incident happened in La Canotada, Calif.
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Three black teens at Nordstrom Rack in Brentwood, MO., Were racially profiled and accused of shoplifting. An elderly woman approached them and said, "Would your parents and grandparents be proud of what are you doing?" She is also referred to as a "bunch of bums."
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Employees of an unfortunate member of the profession in the United States of America.
Employees of an unfortunate member of the profession in the United States of America.
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A Florida student was walking with a message asking for another student to say "If I was black I'd be picking cotton, but I'm white I'm picking U 4 prom?"
A Florida student was walking with a message asking for another student to say "If I was black I'd be picking cotton, but I'm white I'm picking U 4 prom?"
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Dr. Fatima Stanford Cody, a physician and expert in obesity medicine, told CNN she was on a trip to Indianapolis to Boston on Saturday.
Dr. Fatima Stanford Cody, a physician and expert in obesity medicine, told CNN she was on a trip to Indianapolis to Boston on Saturday.
Photo: Fatima Cody Stanford
Doctor said airlines did not believe she was a doctor when she tried to help
A doctor said she was racially profiled by two flight attendants as she flew to a fellow passenger on a Delta Air Lines flight.
Dr. Fatima Stanford Cody, a physician and expert in obesity medicine, told CNN she was on a trip to Indianapolis to Boston on Saturday.
Stanford said she was already aiding the passenger when he was on the run. According to Stanford, the flight attendant asked if she was a doctor, to which Stanford replied yes.
Stanford said she continued to stabilize the passenger, and a second flight attendant. Stanford showed the flight waiting for her license. Stanford said that, shortly afterward, both flight attendants are expected to come back and questioned her credentials.
Stanford describes the exchange as "bewildering."
"The validity of me being a physician is being called into question," Stanford said of the experiment.
Stanford said she was able to continue looking after the sick passenger. She later decided to share what happened on social media.
"I'm very disappointed that your policies on #Diversity have not lead to any change." "I have a #blackwoman #doctor who showed my #medical license to help a DL5935 your #flight waiter still did not believe I was a #Physician," Stanford tweeted at Delta.
In a second tweet, Stanford, who works at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, wrote that her accomplishments do not "shield from racism."
Delta responded to Stanford the next day via social media and later in an email and a phone call.
"I am so sorry for your frustration Dr. Stanford." We are looking forward to further reaching you directly, "Delta tweeted.
Stanford said an executive assistant with the airline called her and told the company is looking at the incident and will follow up with her.
Delta spokesman Anthony Black confirmed to Stanford as part of an investigation. Black said in a statement that, according to the flight crew, the flight attendants "initially misread the credentials offered by the doctor and went to reconfirm her specific medical discipline."
"Stanford's care for the patient remains uninterrupted throughout the duration of the medical issue," Black said.
Stanford said she felt "very unsatisfied" by Delta's response.
Stanford's disclosure about their own stories about navigating as women of color.
The debate is not new. In 2016, Dr. Tamika Cross, an OB-GYN who was black, wrote in a Facebook post that she was discriminated against when she was unresponsive. Cross' post went viral, along with the hashtag #whatadoctorlookslike.
After learning what happened to her colleague and friend, Cross took to Facebook again Wednesday and asked the question "Where have we come since 2016?"
Delta said in December 2016 that it reviewed and revised its process for accepting a medical professional's help during in-flight medical emergencies. In the announcement, the company said that it had been a part of the conversation that had been completed in the past, with the expectation that it would be necessary to verify medical credentials.
"They can now secure a medical professional's help on the volunteer's statement that he or she is a physician, physician assistant, nurse, paramedic or EMT," the airline said then.
Stanford said she was attending a conference organized by the Massachusetts Medical Society on the topic of gender and bias in medicine. Cross was the keynote speaker.
Stanford said, "Those who are in the medical field are more important than others".
"I know that there is a lot of work done," Stanford said.
