My White Spouse Comes with Me Whenever I See A White Doctor

They always believe him over me

Photo by Usman Yousaf on Unsplash

I’ve always been reluctant to see a doctor when I am ill. I’m Black, and I live in Switzerland, where most medical practitioners are white. Whenever I am unwell, seeing a white doctor here is, at times, a painful experience filled with multiple racial microaggressions. When my husband is with me, white…