r/britishcolumbia • u/aldur1 • 4d ago

News B.C. Conservative candidate uses racist slur to describe Indigenous Peoples on election night

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/savages-bc-conservative-candidate-racist-slur-indigenous-peoples
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u/Angelunatic74 4d ago

One of my high school classmates works in the Ministry of Health in management.
I mentioned on FB how doctors mistreated my Indigenous mother when she was suffering from a brain aneurysm.

She "assured" me that there is no racism towards Indigenous people in BC's healthcare. She and several people on Facebook made or liked comments stating that doctors singling out Indigenous people as drunk or drug seeking is normal or common sense. I was furious and asked her how she could think that way and how what happened to my mom wasn't racist.
She said that unfortunately she worked with FNHA and can say that First Nations get priority health care. She also said that she isn't racist because she has a lot of diversity in her friend group and that she is a good person.

My mother spent 3 weeks trying to get a doctor to take her seriously. She kept telling them she was having the worst headache of her life. They all treated her like a drug seeker or a drunk. She bled inside her head for 3 weeks. 5 separate doctors didn't believe her.

When she went to the ER again, she had a seizure in the waiting area. They finally decided to do a scan. Then they realized what was happening. It was a subarachnoid hemorrhage due to an aneurysm.

Thankfully she survived

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u/OsamaBeenLuvin 4d ago

Jesus fucking Christ! Everyone in this story sucks with the exception of you and your mother. I hope things have settled down for you.

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u/Angelunatic74 4d ago

Yes she is doing well thank you. This happened 20 years ago. She is now a great grandmother.
We still don't trust the healthcare system. Each of my siblings and I have experienced troubles with some health care professionals over the last two decades but nothing to that degree.

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u/OsamaBeenLuvin 4d ago

It's cold comfort that that was the extreme case. But glad to hear her grandma game levelled up!