Question

When studying the health care provided at Alpha Hospital in New York City, anthropologist Khiara Bridges documented health-care professionals referring to black women as “primitive” and stating that black women were better able to withstand pain than white women. Where did these attitudes originate?

Answer 1

These attitudes originated in an oral tradition within the medical profession with stories and folklore about the bodies of black women.

Step-by-step explanation:

For many years, the bodies of black women have been the target of absurd and folkloric stories. These stories have been spread around the world and in every sector that makes up society, affirming unabated, incorrect, and unrealistic ideas.

An example of this was shown by anthropologist Khiara Bridges who documented health professionals referring to black women as "primitive" and stating that they are more resistant to pain than white women. These statements were based on folkloric stories, fictional and that spread an absurd prejudice and harmful to the treatment of black women.