DrSeuss19 t1_ix6ftpu wrote
Because they don’t follow up, their medical pre dispositions, and they often underestimate the importance of what they’re being told. I work in medicine and this is a related issue with indigenous people I see.
BigCyanDinosaur t1_ix7i4tk wrote
Culture and upbringing has a lot to do with it too, when you've heard your entire life that all non-aboriginals hate you or want you dead, then you start to believe it and distrust any non aboriginal teachings which includes "western" medicine and Healthcare. Same happens in the US with aboriginals and black people, and I'm sure any country that has a currently or previously oppressed minority has the same problem.
itspodly t1_ix7nxhb wrote
To be fair in australia it was only 40-50 years ago that authorities were stealing children off aboriginal communities and giving them to white families as a matter of governmental "assimilation".
Strazdas1 t1_ixd5ksq wrote
Yes. A lot of "Racism" and "dicriminations" problems arent actually racism, but cultural problems.
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