I Was Shamed by My Doctor for Being Black

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49. Pharmacies can also be hostile and/or bias when it comes to black folks...

My BF came out of out-patient back surgery in Newport Beach and was in incredible pain. His doctor prescribed him a 30-day supply of pain meds. After I got him home (in the Pasadena area), I went to drop off the prescription at my neighborhood Rite Aid. The pharmacist looked at me with disgust after looking at the prescription and said he was going to use "his discretion as a pharmacist" not to fill it because it was a narcotic. Then he said "this prescription is from Newport Beach (an affluent area) and the doctor is an orthopedic surgeon, you're in Pasadena. THAT doesn't add up!".

I asked him to call the doctor's office to verify that the prescription was valid and also gave him my BF's hospital discharge papers. He declined to verify the info. I asked for the manager of the store and she said there's nothing she can do but to give me the number to the district manager. I told the District Manager, if I have to drag my boyfriend out of bed and up in here bent over in pain, I will film it, post it on BLM, create a hashtag just for Rite Aid and you all are gonna have problems for refusing to fill his prescript.

I then proceeded to get my BF up & dressed (he still had his hospital wristband on), we went into Rite Aide with my camera ready and guess what? They all of a sudden had a change of heart. THIS IT WHAT IT TOOK to get a pain prescription filled. My BF also told his ass off. While waiting for the prescription, we were talking to a older white lady who was a cancer patient. She said overheard us lettin' loose on the pharmacist. She said she never had problems with getting her pain prescripts filled and added "what if he was a cancer patient?"...

Same thing happened to singer Kelly Price: http://straightfromthea.com/2015/05/18/on-blast-singer-kelly-price-accuses-cvs-drugs-of-discriminatory-practices-cvs-responds-video/

Every time I think about that .....