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A Delta Airlines Passenger Could’ve Died Because A Flight Attendant Refused To Believe A Black Woman Was A Doctor

<p>You might want to have a seat and grab something to cool you off because this story is about to have your blood boiling&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;tamika&period;cross&period;52&sol;posts&sol;658443077654049"><b>Tamika Cross<&sol;b><&sol;a>&comma; an African American doctor&comma; details a cringeworthy experience she had with Delta Airlines while on a flight from Detroit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Apparently&comma; a woman started screaming because her husband was unresponsive&comma; and a flight attendant yelled&comma; &&num;8220&semi;call overhead for a physician on board&period;&&num;8221&semi; Tamika describes raising her hand to get the attendants attention who then said to her&comma; &&num;8220&semi;oh no sweetie put your hand down&comma; we are looking for actual physicians or nurses&comma; or some type of medical personnel&&num;8211&semi;we don&&num;8217&semi;t have time to talk to you&period;&&num;8221&semi; I know what you&&num;8217&semi;re thinking&period; &&num;8216&semi;No she didn&&num;8217&semi;t&&num;8217&semi; right&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The airline then took to their overhead speakers to announce for&comma; &&num;8220&semi;any physician on board to press their buttons&period;&&num;8221&semi; Tamika says she stared at her attendant as she pressed her button as directed&comma; and you won&&num;8217&semi;t believe what Tamika says the attendant said next&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Oh wow&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re an actual physician&quest;&&num;8221&semi; Chile&period;&period; Somebody give this woman a reality check&period; &&num;8220&semi;Let me see your credentials&&num;8221&semi; she continued&period; &&num;8220&semi;What type of doctor are you&quest; Where do you work&quest; Why were you in Detroit&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I&&num;8217&semi;m going to need this lady to not be asking all these questions when someone&&num;8217&semi;s life is at stake&period; &&num;8216&semi;Why were you in Detroit&quest;&&num;8217&semi; Really lady&&num;8230&semi;&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Read Tamika&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;tamika&period;cross&period;52&sol;posts&sol;658443077654049"><b>full Facebook status here<&sol;b><&sol;a> where she details how the attendant chooses to work with a white male who came up to them and said he too was a physician&comma; and was apparently more suitable to the flight attendant because &&num;8220&semi;he had credentials&comma;&&num;8221&semi; in which he actually hadn&&num;8217&semi;t even provided any&comma; according to Tameka&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;tamika&period;cross&period;52&sol;posts&sol;658443077654049"><b>Facebook<&sol;b><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"23343" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;a-delta-airlines-passenger-couldve-died-because-a-flight-attendant-refused-to-believe-a-black-woman-was-a-doctor&sol;" data-secure&equals;"a5508e3f4d"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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