In reading Thursdays articles and considering the way in which the African American population has been viewed by medical authority I can't see how this population wouldn't have some distrust in the medical field. I'm not sure how much this still persists today, but I do also wonder if medical professionals still view African Americans as a diseased race. The relationship between doctors and African Americans may be based more on stereotypes than on reality, which may result in a self-fulfilling prophecy for this population. If both sides of the equation believe that the other person is untrustworthy or not worth looking past stereotypes then we are going to keep seeing a perpetuation of the same norms that have existed for quite some time, especially in the U.S.
Distrust of Health System keeps black males from getting care >This article I found explains some current statistics related to African American male distrust in the health care system related to control and masculinity.
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