1 00:00:15,582 --> 00:00:19,019 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:19,086 --> 00:00:23,390 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:23,457 --> 00:00:30,063 ♪ ♪ 4 00:00:30,130 --> 00:00:31,725 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 5 00:00:31,725 --> 00:00:33,260 >> John: WELCOME, WELCOME, 6 00:00:33,327 --> 00:00:34,929 WELCOME TO "LAST WEEK TONIGHT!" 7 00:00:34,995 --> 00:00:35,529 I'M JOHN OLIVER. 8 00:00:35,596 --> 00:00:36,597 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 9 00:00:36,664 --> 00:00:37,731 US. 10 00:00:37,798 --> 00:00:38,732 JUST TIME FOR A QUICK RECAP OF 11 00:00:38,799 --> 00:00:40,334 THE WEEK, IN WHICH A LOT 12 00:00:40,997 --> 00:00:42,462 HAPPENED, FROM JOHN HICKENLOOPER 13 00:00:42,462 --> 00:00:43,385 DROPPING OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL 14 00:00:43,385 --> 00:00:44,272 RACE ‐‐ HE'S ONE OF THESE THREE 15 00:00:44,339 --> 00:00:45,320 MEN. 16 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:46,789 IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW WHICH. 17 00:00:46,855 --> 00:00:47,990 TO A RUSSIAN AIRPLANE HITTING A 18 00:00:48,057 --> 00:00:49,224 FLOCK OF BIRDS AND CRASHING IN A 19 00:00:49,291 --> 00:00:49,825 FIELD WITH NO ONE DYING, OR AS 20 00:00:49,892 --> 00:00:50,959 IT'S MORE COMMONLY KNOWN, A 21 00:00:51,026 --> 00:00:51,427 "DRY SULLY." 22 00:00:51,493 --> 00:00:52,461 AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE WAS 23 00:00:52,528 --> 00:00:53,529 THIS. 24 00:00:53,595 --> 00:00:54,997 >> NBC NEWS HAS CONFIRMED 25 00:00:55,064 --> 00:00:56,365 PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TALKED TO 26 00:00:56,432 --> 00:00:57,766 AIDES AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 27 00:00:57,833 --> 00:00:59,568 ABOUT POSSIBLY BUYING GREENLAND. 28 00:00:59,635 --> 00:01:04,907 >> John: YEAH, OF COURSE HE DID. 29 00:01:04,973 --> 00:01:05,741 OF COURSE HE DID. 30 00:01:05,808 --> 00:01:07,042 GREENLAND IS ICY, DISTANT, AND 31 00:01:07,109 --> 00:01:10,179 SEMI‐AUTONOMOUS. 32 00:01:11,118 --> 00:01:12,687 IT'S EXACTLY TRUMP'S TYPE. 33 00:01:12,753 --> 00:01:14,188 NOW, SPECULATION ON TRUMP'S 34 00:01:14,255 --> 00:01:15,923 COMMENTS ROSE TO SUCH A POINT 35 00:01:15,990 --> 00:01:18,059 THIS WEEK THAT GREENLAND'S 36 00:01:18,125 --> 00:01:20,227 PREMIER HAD TO ISSUE A STATEMENT 37 00:01:20,294 --> 00:01:20,795 SAYING "GREENLAND IS NOT FOR 38 00:01:20,861 --> 00:01:22,363 SALE." 39 00:01:22,430 --> 00:01:23,030 SO IF YOU HAD "TWO AND A HALF 40 00:01:23,097 --> 00:01:23,931 YEARS" IN YOUR OFFICE POOL OF 41 00:01:23,998 --> 00:01:25,266 "WHEN A WORLD LEADER WOULD HAVE 42 00:01:25,333 --> 00:01:26,667 TO TELL TRUMP, 'YOU CAN'T BUY 43 00:01:26,734 --> 00:01:30,638 OUR COUNTRY'," CONGRATULATIONS. 44 00:01:30,705 --> 00:01:34,976 YOU'RE A BIG WINNER. 45 00:01:35,042 --> 00:01:35,576 BUT INSTEAD OF GETTING SUCKED 46 00:01:35,643 --> 00:01:36,978 INTO THAT, 47 00:01:37,044 --> 00:01:38,412 FOR NOW, LET'S TURN TO A 48 00:01:38,479 --> 00:01:39,013 DIFFERENT DIPLOMATIC HOT SPOT: 49 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:39,747 HONG KONG. 50 00:01:39,814 --> 00:01:40,715 IT'S THE CITY EQUIVALENT OF 51 00:01:40,781 --> 00:01:41,415 USING HULU WITH YOUR 52 00:01:41,482 --> 00:01:42,316 EX‐BOYFRIEND'S ACCOUNT, IN THAT 53 00:01:42,383 --> 00:01:43,317 IT'S BASICALLY FREE, BUT THAT 54 00:01:43,384 --> 00:01:44,352 COULD CHANGE AT ANY MINUTE. 55 00:01:44,418 --> 00:01:45,653 FOR WEEKS NOW, HONG KONG HAS 56 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:47,588 BEEN IN A STATE OF UPHEAVAL. 57 00:01:47,655 --> 00:01:48,756 >> THIS MORNING, HONG KONG NEAR 58 00:01:48,823 --> 00:01:50,091 THE BRINK AFTER A DAY OF 59 00:01:50,157 --> 00:01:51,726 VIOLENCE THAT SHUT ONE OF THE 60 00:01:51,792 --> 00:01:52,994 WORLD'S BUSIEST AIRPORTS FOR A 61 00:01:53,060 --> 00:01:56,297 SECOND DAY IN A ROW. 62 00:01:56,364 --> 00:01:57,398 INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS 63 00:01:57,465 --> 00:01:58,966 CAUGHT IN THE STANDOFF WITH 64 00:01:59,033 --> 00:02:00,368 HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS CANCELED AS 65 00:02:00,434 --> 00:02:01,669 LUGGAGE CARTS BLOCKED PASSENGERS 66 00:02:01,736 --> 00:02:02,970 PLEADING WITH PROTESTERS TO MAKE 67 00:02:03,037 --> 00:02:04,805 THEIR FLIGHTS. 68 00:02:04,872 --> 00:02:06,273 >> HEY, GUYS! 69 00:02:06,340 --> 00:02:07,341 COME ON! 70 00:02:07,408 --> 00:02:09,543 COME ON! 71 00:02:09,610 --> 00:02:12,179 YOU'RE BEING REALLY SELFISH NOW. 72 00:02:12,246 --> 00:02:13,814 >> John: OH! 73 00:02:13,881 --> 00:02:16,517 I GET THAT HE'S FRUSTRATED, BUT 74 00:02:16,584 --> 00:02:17,084 HE'S IN A REALLY TOUGH SPOT 75 00:02:17,151 --> 00:02:17,985 THERE. 76 00:02:18,052 --> 00:02:18,853 "COME ON, GUYS. 77 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:20,521 I NEED TO CATCH MY FLIGHT, CAN 78 00:02:20,588 --> 00:02:21,856 YOU TONE DOWN YOUR FIGHT FOR 79 00:02:21,922 --> 00:02:22,289 DEMOCRACY? 80 00:02:22,356 --> 00:02:23,157 LIKE, I'M NOT SAYING DON'T TRY 81 00:02:23,224 --> 00:02:24,558 TO MAINTAIN YOUR FRAGILE GRASP 82 00:02:24,625 --> 00:02:30,064 ON FREEDOM, BUT COULD YOU JUST 83 00:02:30,131 --> 00:02:33,601 TAKE IT DOWN A COUPLE OF NOTCHES 84 00:02:33,668 --> 00:02:36,871 SO I CAN GET TO MY GATE? 85 00:02:36,937 --> 00:02:42,410 COME ON, GUYS. 86 00:02:42,476 --> 00:02:44,278 YOU'RE BEING SELFISH." 87 00:02:44,345 --> 00:02:44,945 THE PROTESTS INITIALLY BEGAN 88 00:02:45,012 --> 00:02:46,213 OVER A BILL THAT WOULD'VE 89 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:46,747 ALLOWED CHINA TO EXTRADITE 90 00:02:46,814 --> 00:02:47,281 HONG KONG CITIZENS TO THE 91 00:02:47,348 --> 00:02:47,915 MAINLAND, WHICH OPPONENTS FEARED 92 00:02:47,982 --> 00:02:48,516 WERE PART OF A LARGER PLAN TO 93 00:02:48,582 --> 00:02:49,150 UNDERMINE HONG KONG'S AUTONOMY. 94 00:02:49,216 --> 00:02:50,284 AND THE PROTESTORS HAVE BEEN 95 00:02:50,351 --> 00:02:50,918 RESOURCEFUL, USING UMBRELLAS 96 00:02:50,985 --> 00:02:51,585 AS SHIELDS AND LASERS TO 97 00:02:51,652 --> 00:02:52,153 DISORIENT POLICE AND 98 00:02:52,219 --> 00:02:54,088 CIRCUMVENTING A PROHIBITION 99 00:02:54,155 --> 00:02:54,689 AGAINST MARCHES BY ORGANIZING 100 00:02:54,755 --> 00:02:55,790 THEM ON EXPLAIN TO A SIGNIFICANT 101 00:02:55,856 --> 00:02:56,323 OTHER WHAT THEY WERE DOING 102 00:02:56,390 --> 00:03:02,763 LOOKING AT TINDER. 103 00:03:02,830 --> 00:03:03,464 "I WAS RECRUITING PROTESTORS. 104 00:03:03,531 --> 00:03:04,298 YES, FEMALE PROTESTORS AGE 24 TO 105 00:03:04,365 --> 00:03:05,199 29 INTERESTED IN PUBLIC SEX, 106 00:03:05,266 --> 00:03:11,505 THREESOMES, AND ASS PLAY. 107 00:03:11,572 --> 00:03:12,339 THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS MOVEMENT 108 00:03:12,406 --> 00:03:12,973 IS ABOUT." 109 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:13,474 IN RESPONSE, THE CHINESE 110 00:03:13,541 --> 00:03:14,208 GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN FLEXING ITS 111 00:03:14,275 --> 00:03:14,942 MUSCLES, MOVING ARMORED 112 00:03:15,009 --> 00:03:15,676 PERSONNEL CARRIERS TO THE BORDER 113 00:03:15,743 --> 00:03:17,211 AND ESCALATING THEIR RHETORIC, 114 00:03:17,278 --> 00:03:20,558 CLAIMING PROTESTERS "SHOW SIGNS 115 00:03:20,558 --> 00:03:21,509 OF TERRORISM." 116 00:03:21,509 --> 00:03:23,000 AND WITHIN CHINA, STATE MEDIA 117 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,207 HAS FRAMED THE PROTESTS AS THE 118 00:03:24,207 --> 00:03:25,606 WORK OF FOREIGN FORCES, AND ONE 119 00:03:25,606 --> 00:03:27,007 IN PARTICULAR: 120 00:03:27,748 --> 00:03:29,625 >> THERE ARE MORE AND MORE 121 00:03:29,625 --> 00:03:30,993 INDICATIONS SHOWING THAT THERE 122 00:03:30,993 --> 00:03:32,485 ARE CERTAIN EXTRATERRITORIAL 123 00:03:32,485 --> 00:03:33,419 FORCES WHO'VE PLAYED A HORRIBLE 124 00:03:33,486 --> 00:03:36,222 ROLE IN THIS CHAOS. 125 00:03:36,289 --> 00:03:37,190 THERE ARE PICTURES OF FOREIGN 126 00:03:37,257 --> 00:03:38,691 AGENTS GIVING PROTESTERS MONEY, 127 00:03:39,505 --> 00:03:40,840 ENCOURAGING THEM TO MOLD PUBLIC 128 00:03:40,906 --> 00:03:42,341 OPINION. 129 00:03:42,408 --> 00:03:43,476 WHO ARE THEY? 130 00:03:43,542 --> 00:03:44,610 IT'S FAIR TO SAY THE CIA HAS 131 00:03:44,677 --> 00:03:46,279 SPENT OVER 70 YEARS PLOTTING IN 132 00:03:46,345 --> 00:03:48,414 HONG KONG. 133 00:03:48,481 --> 00:03:49,982 >> John: LOOK: NO ONE'S SAYING 134 00:03:50,049 --> 00:03:52,585 THE CIA DOESN T HAVE A LONG, 135 00:03:52,652 --> 00:03:54,453 SHITTY HISTORY OF MEDDLING IN 136 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:55,655 OTHER COUNTRIES' POLITICS. 137 00:03:55,721 --> 00:03:56,689 IT HELPED OVERTHROW THE IRANIAN 138 00:03:56,756 --> 00:03:58,357 GOVERNMENT AND REINSTALLED THE 139 00:03:58,424 --> 00:03:59,859 SHAH, IT SPONSORED THE BAY OF 140 00:03:59,925 --> 00:04:00,559 PIGS INVASION, AND IT CREATED 141 00:04:00,626 --> 00:04:01,294 THE SHOW "PAW PATROL" TO 142 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:01,927 BRAINWASH THE PLANET'S TODDLERS 143 00:04:01,994 --> 00:04:02,978 WITH AN AUTHORITARIAN WORLDVIEW. 144 00:04:02,978 --> 00:04:04,002 YES, IT DID ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 145 00:04:04,002 --> 00:04:05,817 BUT ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT 146 00:04:05,817 --> 00:04:07,753 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HONG KONG IS 147 00:04:07,753 --> 00:04:09,093 LOCAL AND THE RESULT OF 148 00:04:09,093 --> 00:04:10,435 LONG‐SIMMERING INTERNAL 149 00:04:10,435 --> 00:04:11,289 TENSIONS. 150 00:04:11,289 --> 00:04:15,775 AND IF THIS IS AN AMERICAN PLOT, 151 00:04:15,841 --> 00:04:16,342 ONE THING'S FOR SURE, NOBODY 152 00:04:16,409 --> 00:04:17,710 TOLD THE PRESIDENT, BECAUSE 153 00:04:17,777 --> 00:04:18,644 TRUMP NOT ONLY BARELY SEEMS 154 00:04:18,711 --> 00:04:29,221 AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, 155 00:04:29,288 --> 00:04:29,722 HE ALSO ESSENTIALLY GAVE 156 00:04:29,789 --> 00:04:30,256 CHINA A GREEN LIGHT TO DO 157 00:04:30,323 --> 00:04:31,090 WHATEVER THEY WANT, LIKE WHEN HE 158 00:04:31,157 --> 00:04:31,691 SAID THIS AT THE START OF THE 159 00:04:31,724 --> 00:04:32,089 MONTH: 160 00:04:32,123 --> 00:04:32,892 >> WELL, SOMETHING IS PROBABLY 161 00:04:32,958 --> 00:04:33,526 HAPPENING WITH HONG KONG BECAUSE 162 00:04:33,592 --> 00:04:34,093 WHEN YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, 163 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:34,660 WHAT'S GOING ON, THEY'VE HAD 164 00:04:34,727 --> 00:04:35,328 RIOTS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. 165 00:04:35,394 --> 00:04:36,195 AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT CHINA'S 166 00:04:36,262 --> 00:04:36,862 ATTITUDE IS. 167 00:04:36,929 --> 00:04:38,130 SOMEBODY SAID THAT AT SOME POINT 168 00:04:38,197 --> 00:04:39,065 THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO STOP THAT. 169 00:04:39,131 --> 00:04:41,500 BUT THAT'S BETWEEN HONG KONG AND 170 00:04:41,567 --> 00:04:43,202 THAT'S BETWEEN CHINA, BECAUSE 171 00:04:43,269 --> 00:04:46,572 HONG KONG IS A PART OF CHINA. 172 00:04:46,639 --> 00:04:48,541 THEY'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT 173 00:04:48,607 --> 00:04:49,709 THEMSELVES. 174 00:04:49,775 --> 00:04:51,243 THEY DON'T NEED ADVICE. 175 00:04:51,310 --> 00:04:56,048 >> John: NAILED IT. 176 00:04:56,115 --> 00:04:57,350 AND LOOK, SOMEHOW THERE'S BOTH A 177 00:04:57,416 --> 00:04:59,051 LOT AND NOTHING TO UNPACK THERE, 178 00:04:59,118 --> 00:05:00,820 BUT I WILL SAY, "THEY'RE GONNA 179 00:05:00,886 --> 00:05:01,620 WANNA STOP THAT" IS EXACTLY THE 180 00:05:01,687 --> 00:05:03,022 WRONG MESSAGE TO SEND TO CHINA 181 00:05:03,089 --> 00:05:06,425 RIGHT NOW. 182 00:05:06,492 --> 00:05:07,059 ANYTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER 183 00:05:07,060 --> 00:05:07,425 THAN THAT. 184 00:05:07,426 --> 00:05:08,661 IF HE HAD SAID "WHAT DO I THINK 185 00:05:08,728 --> 00:05:09,061 OF HONG KONG? 186 00:05:09,128 --> 00:05:09,762 WELL, IT'S STRONG, IT'S ANGRY, 187 00:05:09,829 --> 00:05:10,596 AND I DON'T LIKE WHEN IT THROWS 188 00:05:10,663 --> 00:05:11,397 BARRELS AT MARIO," I'D THINK 189 00:05:11,464 --> 00:05:12,098 "OKAY, YOU'RE CLEARLY THINKING 190 00:05:12,164 --> 00:05:13,065 OF DONKEY KONG, NOT HONG KONG, 191 00:05:13,132 --> 00:05:14,033 BUT AT LEAST YOU DIDN'T WINK AT 192 00:05:14,100 --> 00:05:16,168 THE POSSIBLE USE OF FORCE, SO NO 193 00:05:16,235 --> 00:05:16,902 HARM DONE THERE." 194 00:05:16,969 --> 00:05:18,070 AND TRUMP EFFECTIVELY GIVING 195 00:05:18,137 --> 00:05:19,705 CHINA A TACIT ENDORSEMENT TO USE 196 00:05:19,772 --> 00:05:20,272 FORCE AGAINST PROTESTERS IS 197 00:05:20,339 --> 00:05:21,173 UNFORTUNATELY NOT AT ALL 198 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,709 SURPRISING. 199 00:05:23,776 --> 00:05:24,643 HE SENDS THE WRONG SIGNALS TO 200 00:05:24,710 --> 00:05:25,644 OTHER COUNTRIES 100% OF THE 201 00:05:25,711 --> 00:05:26,912 TIME, AND UNTIL HIS TERM ENDS, 202 00:05:26,979 --> 00:05:27,880 WE'RE ALL JUST GOING TO HAVE TO 203 00:05:27,947 --> 00:05:28,948 LIVE WITH THE FACT WE HAVE A 204 00:05:29,014 --> 00:05:30,182 PRESIDENT WHO LOOKS AT AMERICA'S 205 00:05:30,249 --> 00:05:31,450 ALLIES AND SAYS, "GO FUCK 206 00:05:31,517 --> 00:05:32,818 YOURSELVES," LOOKS AT RUSSIAN 207 00:05:32,885 --> 00:05:34,153 INTERFERENCE IN OUR ELECTIONS 208 00:05:34,220 --> 00:05:35,087 AND SAYS, "NO BIG DEAL," AND 209 00:05:35,154 --> 00:05:36,789 LOOKS AT GREENLAND AND SAYS, 210 00:05:36,856 --> 00:05:38,257 "200 BUCKS PLUS DON JR., FINAL 211 00:05:38,324 --> 00:05:39,291 OFFER." 212 00:05:39,358 --> 00:05:44,930 AND NOW THIS. 213 00:05:44,997 --> 00:05:46,098 >> Announcer: AND NOW, IT'S THAT 214 00:05:46,165 --> 00:05:46,866 TIME OF YEAR AGAIN... 215 00:05:46,932 --> 00:05:48,200 AGAIN. 216 00:05:48,267 --> 00:05:54,740 >> STARBUCKS WILL OFFER ITS 217 00:05:54,807 --> 00:05:57,676 SEASONAL PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE ON 218 00:05:57,743 --> 00:05:59,245 THE 27TH, THAT'S TWO WEEKS FROM 219 00:05:59,311 --> 00:06:00,114 TODAY, THE EARLIEST IT HAS EVER 220 00:06:00,148 --> 00:06:00,546 STARTED. 221 00:06:00,579 --> 00:06:01,113 >> BEHOLD! 222 00:06:01,180 --> 00:06:02,047 PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE HAS RETURNED 223 00:06:02,114 --> 00:06:02,982 EARLIER THAN EVER BEFORE! 224 00:06:03,048 --> 00:06:05,084 >> NOT THAT I'M COMPLAINING AT 225 00:06:05,151 --> 00:06:07,319 ALL, BECAUSE I ADMITTEDLY AM A 226 00:06:07,386 --> 00:06:08,788 PSL LOVER, BUT THAT'S NOT EVEN 227 00:06:08,854 --> 00:06:09,688 FALL YET. 228 00:06:09,755 --> 00:06:10,823 AUGUST 27TH. 229 00:06:10,890 --> 00:06:12,658 >> 21ST IS NEXT WEDNESDAY. 230 00:06:12,725 --> 00:06:15,094 >> ON WEDNESDAY WE RIDE THROUGH 231 00:06:15,161 --> 00:06:18,230 THE NUTMEG GATES! 232 00:06:18,297 --> 00:06:20,266 >> THAT, BY THE WAY, FOLKS, IS 233 00:06:20,332 --> 00:06:23,335 THE EARLIEST LAUNCH EVER FOR THE 234 00:06:23,402 --> 00:06:24,270 SO‐CALLED PSL. 235 00:06:24,336 --> 00:06:25,337 >> YOU KNOW SUMMER IS OVER WHEN 236 00:06:25,404 --> 00:06:26,806 THEY WHIP OUT THE PUMPKIN LATTE. 237 00:06:26,872 --> 00:06:29,175 >> IT'S OVER. 238 00:06:29,241 --> 00:06:30,309 GIVEN UP. 239 00:06:30,376 --> 00:06:32,211 >> YOU CAN'T ESCAPE THE SWEET 240 00:06:32,278 --> 00:06:32,945 OBLIVION OF THE SPICE! 241 00:06:33,012 --> 00:06:34,213 >> I DON'T KNOW. 242 00:06:34,280 --> 00:06:35,014 IT'S NOT EVEN PUMPKIN. 243 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:35,748 I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S CALLED 244 00:06:35,815 --> 00:06:36,315 PUMPKIN SPICE. 245 00:06:36,382 --> 00:06:37,316 THERE'S NO PUMPKIN IN IT. 246 00:06:37,383 --> 00:06:38,751 >> YOU FOOL! 247 00:06:38,818 --> 00:06:40,352 THE GLORY OF THE SPICE IS BEYOND 248 00:06:40,419 --> 00:06:43,022 YOUR FEEBLE HUMAN COMPREHENSION! 249 00:06:43,088 --> 00:06:45,391 >> STARBUCKS SAYING THEY'LL BE 250 00:06:45,458 --> 00:06:48,694 INTRODUCING THAT TREAT WHICH, 251 00:06:48,761 --> 00:06:49,528 FOR SOME REASON, LIKE McRIBS, 252 00:06:49,595 --> 00:06:53,766 HAS A CULT‐LIKE FOLLOWING. 253 00:06:53,833 --> 00:06:56,535 >> IT IS KIND OF LIKE THE McRIB! 254 00:06:56,602 --> 00:06:57,570 >> PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE, PUMPKIN 255 00:06:57,636 --> 00:07:00,272 SPICE COFFEE, USUALLY COMING OUT 256 00:07:00,339 --> 00:07:01,540 IN THE FALL, BUT NOW SPAM WANTS 257 00:07:01,607 --> 00:07:02,775 TO JUMP IN THIS. 258 00:07:02,842 --> 00:07:06,278 >> YEAH! 259 00:07:06,345 --> 00:07:08,214 LET THE BEAST OF THE PUMPKIN 260 00:07:08,280 --> 00:07:12,418 FEAST BEGIN! 261 00:07:12,485 --> 00:07:15,221 >> John: MOVING ON. 262 00:07:15,287 --> 00:07:17,289 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 263 00:07:17,356 --> 00:07:18,891 DOCTORS: RATED NUMBER ONE BY 264 00:07:18,958 --> 00:07:20,092 "REASONS THERE'S A FINGER IN 265 00:07:20,159 --> 00:07:21,927 YOUR ASS MAGAZINE." 266 00:07:21,994 --> 00:07:25,197 DOCTORS HAVE HELD A POSITION OF 267 00:07:25,264 --> 00:07:26,098 HIGH ESTEEM IN OUR SOCIETY FOR 268 00:07:26,165 --> 00:07:29,235 GENERATIONS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN 269 00:07:29,301 --> 00:07:29,969 THE 1930s FILM "MEN OF 270 00:07:30,035 --> 00:07:31,270 MEDICINE." 271 00:07:31,337 --> 00:07:32,471 >> IN EVERY U. S. CITY AND TOWN, 272 00:07:32,538 --> 00:07:34,039 THERE IS ONE HOUSE THAT 273 00:07:34,106 --> 00:07:36,575 EVERYBODY KNOWS ‐‐ THE DOCTOR. 274 00:07:36,642 --> 00:07:38,277 AVAILABLE HERE ARE THE SERVICES 275 00:07:38,344 --> 00:07:39,845 OF THE MAN WHO, BY LAW, IS 276 00:07:39,912 --> 00:07:41,180 PRIVILEGED TO PRACTICE THE MOST 277 00:07:41,247 --> 00:07:43,015 RESPECTED OF ALL PROFESSIONS. 278 00:07:43,082 --> 00:07:44,750 >> AHHH. 279 00:07:44,817 --> 00:07:46,685 >> John: "YES, ONLY DOCTORS HAVE 280 00:07:46,752 --> 00:07:48,053 THE PRIVILEGE OF SHOVING A STICK 281 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:49,855 INTO A CHILD'S MOUTH AND 282 00:07:49,922 --> 00:07:50,923 DIAGNOSING THE CONDITION THAT 283 00:07:50,990 --> 00:07:52,525 WE IN THE 1930s KNOW AS 284 00:07:52,591 --> 00:07:56,028 'GROSS THROAT.' 285 00:07:56,095 --> 00:07:57,129 THE CURE FOR IT IS DROWNING." 286 00:07:57,196 --> 00:08:00,299 BUT WHILE MEDICINE MAY BE 287 00:08:00,366 --> 00:08:01,133 "THE MOST RESPECTED OF ALL 288 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:02,301 PROFESSIONS," IT'S IMPORTANT TO 289 00:08:02,368 --> 00:08:02,935 KNOW THAT NOT EVERYONE HAS THE 290 00:08:03,002 --> 00:08:03,569 SAME EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY VISIT 291 00:08:03,636 --> 00:08:04,670 A DOCTOR. 292 00:08:04,737 --> 00:08:05,704 >> I THINK I WOULD HAVE BEEN 293 00:08:05,771 --> 00:08:06,972 TREATED COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY 294 00:08:07,039 --> 00:08:08,274 IF I HAD BEEN MALE. 295 00:08:08,340 --> 00:08:09,108 YOU WILL HEAR DOCTORS AND NURSES 296 00:08:09,174 --> 00:08:10,276 LIKE, "OH, THEY'RE JUST 297 00:08:10,342 --> 00:08:11,944 EXAGGERATING," YOU KNOW, AND NOT 298 00:08:12,011 --> 00:08:13,679 REALLY LISTENING TO THEM BECAUSE 299 00:08:13,746 --> 00:08:17,783 IT'S A BLACK PERSON. 300 00:08:17,850 --> 00:08:20,152 BUT IF IT'S, LIKE, A WHITE 301 00:08:20,219 --> 00:08:22,655 PERSON, IT'S JUST LIKE, "OH, MY 302 00:08:22,721 --> 00:08:23,556 GOD, LIKE, THIS IS SERIOUS." 303 00:08:23,622 --> 00:08:24,490 >> John: IT'S TRUE, 304 00:08:24,557 --> 00:08:25,424 IF YOU'RE A WOMAN AND/OR A 305 00:08:25,491 --> 00:08:26,058 PERSON OF COLOR IN THE U. S., YOU 306 00:08:26,125 --> 00:08:26,825 MAY WELL HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT 307 00:08:26,892 --> 00:08:27,927 RELATIONSHIP TO OUR HEALTH CARE 308 00:08:27,993 --> 00:08:31,096 SYSTEM THAN A WHITE MAN. 309 00:08:31,163 --> 00:08:32,698 SO, FRANKLY, WHO BETTER TO TALK 310 00:08:32,765 --> 00:08:34,500 AT YOU FOR 20 MINUTES ABOUT THIS 311 00:08:34,567 --> 00:08:35,501 THAN ME, THE WHITEST OF WHITE 312 00:08:35,568 --> 00:08:37,469 MEN? 313 00:08:37,536 --> 00:08:39,038 LOOK, I GET A SUNBURN WATCHING 314 00:08:39,104 --> 00:08:40,205 THE TRAVEL CHANNEL. 315 00:08:40,272 --> 00:08:41,507 I AM A WALKING CIDER DOUGHNUT ‐‐ 316 00:08:41,574 --> 00:08:42,508 PALE, FILLED WITH CAKE, AND 317 00:08:42,575 --> 00:08:43,442 FOUND AT EVERY FARMER'S MARKET 318 00:08:43,509 --> 00:08:45,611 IN THE NORTHEAST. 319 00:08:45,678 --> 00:08:47,680 BUT THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT WE 320 00:08:47,746 --> 00:08:48,581 NEED TO HAVE, BECAUSE WHILE THE 321 00:08:48,647 --> 00:08:49,949 VAST MAJORITY OF DOCTORS ARE 322 00:08:50,015 --> 00:08:51,150 DOING HARD WORK WITH SOMETIMES 323 00:08:51,216 --> 00:08:52,351 LIMITED RESOURCES, BIAS IN 324 00:08:52,418 --> 00:08:54,787 MEDICINE IS A SERIOUS ISSUE. 325 00:08:54,853 --> 00:08:56,655 AND WHILE IT'S NOT BE THE ONLY 326 00:08:56,722 --> 00:08:57,222 FACTOR IN DETERMINING HEALTH 327 00:08:57,289 --> 00:08:57,856 OUTCOMES, IT CAN HAVE A MASSIVE 328 00:08:57,923 --> 00:09:02,094 EFFECT. 329 00:09:02,161 --> 00:09:03,262 SO TONIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT 330 00:09:03,329 --> 00:09:04,463 BIAS IN MEDICINE IN TWO SPECIFIC 331 00:09:04,530 --> 00:09:05,731 AREAS, FIRST SEX AND THEN RACE. 332 00:09:05,798 --> 00:09:07,866 AND IN THE WORDS OF EVERY 333 00:09:07,933 --> 00:09:08,534 THERAPIST I'VE EVER HAD, LET'S 334 00:09:08,601 --> 00:09:12,671 START WITH SEX. 335 00:09:12,738 --> 00:09:14,039 HISTORICALLY, WOMEN'S BODIES 336 00:09:14,106 --> 00:09:15,774 HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FRAUGHT WITH 337 00:09:15,841 --> 00:09:17,209 JUDGMENT AND MISCONCEPTIONS. 338 00:09:17,276 --> 00:09:18,243 >> MOM, CAN I GO SWIMMING WITH 339 00:09:18,310 --> 00:09:19,411 PEGGY TOMORROW AFTER SCHOOL? 340 00:09:19,478 --> 00:09:20,679 >> NO, IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA THE 341 00:09:20,746 --> 00:09:21,714 FIRST TWO OR THREE DAYS OF YOUR 342 00:09:21,780 --> 00:09:22,982 PERIOD. 343 00:09:23,048 --> 00:09:23,716 YOU MIGHT GET CHILLS AND CATCH 344 00:09:23,782 --> 00:09:24,950 COLD. 345 00:09:25,017 --> 00:09:27,252 >> OH, THAT'S RIGHT. 346 00:09:27,319 --> 00:09:28,520 PEGGY, OF COURSE I CAN'T GO 347 00:09:28,587 --> 00:09:30,289 SWIMMING. 348 00:09:30,356 --> 00:09:32,157 YOU KNOW I'VE GOT THE CURSE. 349 00:09:32,224 --> 00:09:33,225 >> John: YEAH, PEGGY! 350 00:09:33,292 --> 00:09:34,293 WHAT ARE YOU, AN IDIOT? 351 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:35,694 SHE'S GOT THE CURSE. 352 00:09:35,761 --> 00:09:36,195 SHE CAN'T SWIM. 353 00:09:36,261 --> 00:09:38,430 SHE'LL FUCKING SINK. 354 00:09:38,497 --> 00:09:40,099 IT'S TRUE. 355 00:09:40,165 --> 00:09:41,033 IN THE '50s, WOMEN REFERRED TO 356 00:09:41,100 --> 00:09:42,568 THEIR PERIOD AS "THE CURSE." 357 00:09:42,635 --> 00:09:43,836 BUT THAT'S NOT ALL ‐‐ BREASTS 358 00:09:43,902 --> 00:09:45,337 WERE "THE HAUNTED MOUNTAINS," 359 00:09:45,404 --> 00:09:47,206 BUTTS WERE "THE VALLEY OF DOOM," 360 00:09:47,272 --> 00:09:48,807 PREGNANCY WAS "THE HAPPENING," 361 00:09:48,874 --> 00:09:49,975 AND GIVING BIRTH WAS CALLED 362 00:09:50,042 --> 00:09:52,177 "THE BABADOOK." 363 00:09:52,244 --> 00:09:53,646 IT WAS A VERY, VERY SCARY TIME 364 00:09:53,712 --> 00:09:55,514 TO BE A WOMAN. 365 00:09:55,581 --> 00:09:56,882 AND, LOOK, THINGS HAVE CLEARLY 366 00:09:56,949 --> 00:09:58,350 IMPROVED SINCE THEN, BUT WOMEN 367 00:09:58,417 --> 00:09:59,385 CAN STILL FACE AN UPHILL BATTLE 368 00:09:59,451 --> 00:10:00,753 TO GET QUALITY HEALTHCARE. 369 00:10:00,819 --> 00:10:02,087 THERE ARE MANY, MANY STUDIES 370 00:10:02,154 --> 00:10:03,222 SHOWING THIS. 371 00:10:03,288 --> 00:10:06,425 FOR INSTANCE, THEY FOUND THAT 372 00:10:06,492 --> 00:10:07,126 WOMEN WERE LESS LIKELY TO BE 373 00:10:07,192 --> 00:10:08,661 REFERRED FOR KNEE REPLACEMENTS 374 00:10:08,727 --> 00:10:09,495 THAN MEN. 375 00:10:09,561 --> 00:10:10,295 IF THEY'RE OVER 50 AND 376 00:10:10,362 --> 00:10:11,063 CRITICALLY ILL, THEY'RE LESS 377 00:10:11,130 --> 00:10:11,864 LIKELY TO RECEIVE LIFESAVING 378 00:10:11,930 --> 00:10:12,731 INTERVENTIONS. 379 00:10:12,798 --> 00:10:13,766 AND WHEN GOING TO THE E. 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WITH 380 00:10:13,832 --> 00:10:14,767 URGENT ABDOMINAL PAIN, WOMEN 381 00:10:14,833 --> 00:10:15,934 WERE LESS LIKELY TO RECEIVE ANY 382 00:10:16,001 --> 00:10:17,336 PAIN MEDICINE. 383 00:10:17,403 --> 00:10:19,304 JUST LISTEN TO ONE DOCTOR SUM UP 384 00:10:19,371 --> 00:10:20,205 HOW TOO MANY IN HER PROFESSION 385 00:10:20,272 --> 00:10:24,343 TREAT FEMALE PATIENTS: 386 00:10:24,410 --> 00:10:25,477 >> I THINK THAT, A LOT OF TIMES, 387 00:10:25,544 --> 00:10:26,412 WOMEN'S SYMPTOMS, ESPECIALLY 388 00:10:26,478 --> 00:10:27,479 PAIN, ARE ATTRIBUTED TO 389 00:10:27,546 --> 00:10:29,348 EMOTIONAL IMBALANCE OR, YOU 390 00:10:29,415 --> 00:10:31,116 KNOW, WOMEN BEING HYSTERICAL OR 391 00:10:31,183 --> 00:10:33,519 CRYING WOLF ABOUT THEIR PAIN. 392 00:10:33,585 --> 00:10:37,856 AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WRONG. 393 00:10:37,923 --> 00:10:38,657 >> John: YEAH, OF COURSE IT IS. 394 00:10:38,724 --> 00:10:39,558 THE ONLY TIME IT'S 395 00:10:39,625 --> 00:10:40,626 UNDERSTANDABLE FOR A DOCTOR NOT 396 00:10:40,693 --> 00:10:41,193 TO HEAR A WOMAN'S COMPLAINTS 397 00:10:41,260 --> 00:10:42,594 ABOUT PAIN IS IF SHE'S CALLING 398 00:10:42,661 --> 00:10:43,429 INTO THE OFFICE AND SHE'S GOT 399 00:10:43,495 --> 00:10:44,997 AT&T. 400 00:10:45,064 --> 00:10:46,198 BECAUSE THE CALLS KEEP DROPPING 401 00:10:46,265 --> 00:10:46,932 OUT! 402 00:10:46,999 --> 00:10:48,467 BOOM, BUSINESS DADDY! 403 00:10:48,534 --> 00:10:51,070 I GOT YOU AGAIN! 404 00:10:51,136 --> 00:10:52,938 BUSINESS BABY WOKE UP ALL 405 00:10:53,005 --> 00:10:53,505 WAH! 406 00:10:53,572 --> 00:10:54,973 WAH! 407 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:55,874 WAH! 408 00:10:55,941 --> 00:10:56,508 I'M AIRING MY DIRTY DIAPERS IN 409 00:10:56,575 --> 00:10:57,409 PUBLIC AGAIN! 410 00:10:57,476 --> 00:10:58,143 WAH! 411 00:10:58,210 --> 00:10:58,777 WAH! 412 00:10:58,844 --> 00:10:59,978 I'M HIGH MAINTENANCE! 413 00:11:00,045 --> 00:11:04,316 WAH! 414 00:11:04,383 --> 00:11:05,984 AND LOOK, LOOK, WHILE SOME OF 415 00:11:06,051 --> 00:11:07,920 THIS MAY HAVE TO DO WITH 416 00:11:07,986 --> 00:11:09,688 IMPLICIT BIAS ON DOCTORS' PARTS, 417 00:11:09,755 --> 00:11:12,091 THERE'S ALSO A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM 418 00:11:12,157 --> 00:11:15,260 HERE WHERE DOCTORS MAY LITERALLY 419 00:11:15,327 --> 00:11:16,161 KNOW LESS ABOUT WOMEN'S BODIES, 420 00:11:16,228 --> 00:11:16,829 BECAUSE HISTORICALLY, MEDICINE 421 00:11:16,895 --> 00:11:17,763 HAS STUDIED MEN'S BODIES ‐‐ 422 00:11:17,830 --> 00:11:18,397 WHICH HERE MEANS THOSE ASSIGNED 423 00:11:18,464 --> 00:11:19,031 MALE AT BIRTH ‐‐ AS A PROXY FOR 424 00:11:19,098 --> 00:11:19,932 ALL BODIES. 425 00:11:19,998 --> 00:11:20,766 AND AS ONE RESEARCHER WHO'S 426 00:11:20,833 --> 00:11:21,767 STUDIED THIS WILL TELL YOU, THE 427 00:11:21,834 --> 00:11:22,634 REASON FOR THAT WAS INCREDIBLY 428 00:11:22,701 --> 00:11:24,503 DUMB: 429 00:11:24,570 --> 00:11:29,808 >> THERE'S THIS ASSUMPTION THAT 430 00:11:29,875 --> 00:11:31,176 YOU ARE ME WITH PESKY HORMONES. 431 00:11:31,243 --> 00:11:32,878 >> OH, WITH PESKY HORMONES. 432 00:11:32,945 --> 00:11:39,418 >> THE IDEA IS THAT THE 433 00:11:39,485 --> 00:11:40,452 FUNDAMENTAL THINGS ARE 434 00:11:40,519 --> 00:11:41,820 SIMILAR BETWEEN YOU AND ME. 435 00:11:41,887 --> 00:11:42,488 SO THAT IRONICALLY THE BEST WAY 436 00:11:42,554 --> 00:11:43,388 TO STUDY YOU IS TO STUDY ME. 437 00:11:43,455 --> 00:11:43,789 BECAUSE WHEN ‐‐ 438 00:11:43,856 --> 00:11:44,490 >> BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE PESKY 439 00:11:44,556 --> 00:11:45,124 HORMONES. 440 00:11:45,190 --> 00:11:45,724 >> RIGHT. 441 00:11:45,791 --> 00:11:46,492 WE'RE STUDYING ALL THE 442 00:11:46,558 --> 00:11:47,426 FUNDAMENTAL THINGS IN YOU 443 00:11:47,493 --> 00:11:48,327 WITHOUT THIS SORT OF NUISANCE 444 00:11:48,393 --> 00:11:49,128 STUFF. 445 00:11:49,194 --> 00:11:49,962 >> John: YES, WOMEN ARE FULL OF 446 00:11:50,028 --> 00:11:51,230 "NUISANCE STUFF." 447 00:11:51,296 --> 00:11:51,830 WHICH IS WHY MEDICINE HAS LONG 448 00:11:51,897 --> 00:11:52,865 CHOSEN TO BELIEVE THAT WOMEN ARE 449 00:11:52,931 --> 00:11:55,601 JUST HORMONAL MEN. 450 00:11:55,667 --> 00:11:57,169 ALSO, CHILDREN ARE TINY MEN, 451 00:11:57,236 --> 00:11:58,971 DOGS ARE FURRY MEN, TREES ARE 452 00:11:59,037 --> 00:12:00,506 BIG HARD STILL MEN, BIRDS ARE 453 00:12:00,572 --> 00:12:02,574 MEN WHO CAN FLY, FISH ARE MEN 454 00:12:02,641 --> 00:12:04,076 WHO CAN GLUB, AND VOLCANOS ARE 455 00:12:04,143 --> 00:12:05,277 MEN WHO, FOR SOME REASON, 456 00:12:05,344 --> 00:12:08,280 EJACULATE LAVA. 457 00:12:08,347 --> 00:12:10,349 AND THIS IDEA THAT WOMEN ARE 458 00:12:10,415 --> 00:12:12,484 JUST MEN WITH PESKY HORMONES HAS 459 00:12:12,551 --> 00:12:13,085 LED TO SOME WOMAN‐SHAPED 460 00:12:13,152 --> 00:12:20,626 BLIND SPOTS IN MEDICINE. 461 00:12:20,692 --> 00:12:21,627 FOR DECADES, WOMEN WERE 462 00:12:21,693 --> 00:12:22,861 BASICALLY EXCLUDED FROM MEDICAL 463 00:12:22,928 --> 00:12:23,896 RESEARCH TRIALS, IN PART BECAUSE 464 00:12:23,962 --> 00:12:24,596 OF CONCERN THEIR MENSTRUAL 465 00:12:24,663 --> 00:12:25,798 CYCLES WOULD COMPLICATE THE 466 00:12:25,864 --> 00:12:26,398 RESULTS, WHICH YOU WOULD THINK 467 00:12:26,465 --> 00:12:27,132 WOULD BE ALL THE MORE REASON TO 468 00:12:27,199 --> 00:12:27,900 INCLUDE THEM IN TESTS, BECAUSE 469 00:12:27,966 --> 00:12:28,934 WOMEN ARE HALF THE POPULATION 470 00:12:29,001 --> 00:12:29,802 AND CAN RESPOND TO TREATMENT OR 471 00:12:29,868 --> 00:12:30,803 DRUGS VERY DIFFERENTLY. 472 00:12:30,869 --> 00:12:32,004 AND IN SOME CASES THEIR 473 00:12:32,070 --> 00:12:33,505 EXCLUSION WAS UTTERLY 474 00:12:33,572 --> 00:12:35,174 RIDICULOUS, AS THIS NEWS REPORT 475 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:36,875 FROM THE '90s SHOWS: 476 00:12:36,942 --> 00:12:37,876 >> IN 1990, THE "JOURNAL OF THE 477 00:12:37,943 --> 00:12:39,878 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE" 478 00:12:39,945 --> 00:12:41,680 PUBLISHED THIS REPORT WHICH 479 00:12:41,747 --> 00:12:43,315 LOOKED AT THE IMPACT OF DIET ON 480 00:12:43,382 --> 00:12:45,417 ESTROGEN METABOLISM AND ITS 481 00:12:45,484 --> 00:12:46,318 LINKS TO CANCER OF THE BREAST 482 00:12:46,385 --> 00:12:50,856 AND UTERUS. 483 00:12:50,923 --> 00:12:51,790 ALL OF THE SUBJECTS WERE MEN. 484 00:12:51,857 --> 00:12:53,258 >> John: IT'S TRUE. 485 00:12:53,325 --> 00:12:54,860 THEY STUDIED A WAY TO PREVENT 486 00:12:54,927 --> 00:12:57,729 CANCER OF THE UTERUS ON PEOPLE 487 00:12:57,796 --> 00:12:58,230 WHO DID NOT HAVE ONE. 488 00:12:58,297 --> 00:12:59,865 THAT'S RIDICULOUSLY UNHELPFUL. 489 00:12:59,932 --> 00:13:01,466 THAT'S LIKE STUDYING HEALTHY 490 00:13:01,533 --> 00:13:02,401 CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND ONLY 491 00:13:02,467 --> 00:13:03,068 SURVEYING THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF 492 00:13:03,135 --> 00:13:04,236 NEW YORK. 493 00:13:04,303 --> 00:13:05,571 THEY'VE RESOLVED NO CONFLICTS. 494 00:13:05,637 --> 00:13:06,839 LUANN'S STILL PISSED OFF ABOUT 495 00:13:06,905 --> 00:13:08,473 DORINDA'S FISH ROOM, RAMONA'S 496 00:13:08,540 --> 00:13:10,042 TURNED UP UNINVITED AT BARBARA'S 497 00:13:10,108 --> 00:13:11,443 CLAMBAKE, AND TINSLEY'S FURIOUS 498 00:13:11,510 --> 00:13:13,045 BECAUSE THEY LAUGHED AT THE FACT 499 00:13:13,111 --> 00:13:18,083 THAT SHE FROZE HER DEAD DOG. 500 00:13:18,150 --> 00:13:19,518 THE GROUP'S DYNAMIC IS STILL A 501 00:13:19,585 --> 00:13:20,986 MESS AND THE SHOW IS ALL THE 502 00:13:21,053 --> 00:13:21,787 BETTER FOR IT. 503 00:13:21,854 --> 00:13:23,288 AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE MALE BODY 504 00:13:23,355 --> 00:13:24,056 AS THE DEFAULT REFERENCE, AND 505 00:13:24,122 --> 00:13:24,723 DOCTORS WHO MIGHT NOT TAKE 506 00:13:24,790 --> 00:13:25,824 WOMEN'S PAIN SERIOUSLY, THE 507 00:13:25,891 --> 00:13:26,925 CONSEQUENCES CAN BE DEADLY. 508 00:13:26,992 --> 00:13:29,428 TAKE HEART ATTACKS. 509 00:13:29,494 --> 00:13:30,395 YOU'RE CONDITIONED TO THINK OF 510 00:13:30,462 --> 00:13:31,330 THEM AS LOOKING LIKE THEY DO ON 511 00:13:31,396 --> 00:13:34,466 TV ALL THE TIME, PEOPLE GRABBING 512 00:13:34,533 --> 00:13:35,334 THEIR CHEST AND THEN FALLING 513 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,303 OVER. 514 00:13:38,370 --> 00:13:38,937 BUT FOR MANY WOMEN, THAT IS NOT 515 00:13:39,004 --> 00:13:39,738 WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. 516 00:13:39,805 --> 00:13:40,539 INSTEAD, THEIR HEART ATTACKS 517 00:13:40,606 --> 00:13:41,373 PRESENT WITH SUBTLER SYMPTOMS 518 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:42,941 LIKE PAIN IN THE BACK OR JAW, 519 00:13:43,008 --> 00:13:44,209 NAUSEA, AND UNUSUAL FATIGUE. 520 00:13:44,276 --> 00:13:45,077 AND LOTS OF DOCTORS MISS THAT. 521 00:13:45,143 --> 00:13:46,411 JUST LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO 522 00:13:46,478 --> 00:13:47,379 KATHERINE LEON, WHO WENT TO THE 523 00:13:47,446 --> 00:13:48,947 E.R. WITH SERIOUS HEART PROBLEMS 524 00:13:49,014 --> 00:13:54,419 AND WAS TOLD THIS: 525 00:13:54,486 --> 00:13:54,987 >> THE YOUNG DOCTOR CAME IN, 526 00:13:55,053 --> 00:13:55,587 VERY CONDESCENDING, THOUGHT I 527 00:13:55,654 --> 00:13:56,955 WAS JUST A DRAMA QUEEN, AND HE 528 00:13:57,022 --> 00:13:59,258 SAID, "IT'S NOT MY JOB TO TELL 529 00:13:59,324 --> 00:14:01,693 YOU WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU, IT'S 530 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:02,995 MY JOB TO TELL YOU WHAT IT'S 531 00:14:03,061 --> 00:14:07,399 NOT, AND IT'S NOT YOUR HEART." 532 00:14:07,466 --> 00:14:08,533 AND THAT WAS IT. 533 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:09,167 I WAS LIKE, "WELL, WHAT DO I DO 534 00:14:09,234 --> 00:14:10,502 NEXT?" 535 00:14:10,569 --> 00:14:11,770 AND HE'S LIKE, "YOU GO HOME." 536 00:14:11,837 --> 00:14:13,138 >> John: WOW. 537 00:14:13,205 --> 00:14:15,007 THAT DOCTOR MANAGED TO FIND 538 00:14:15,073 --> 00:14:16,575 LITERALLY THE ONLY TIME THAT 539 00:14:16,642 --> 00:14:17,709 TELLING SOMEONE TO GO HOME IS 540 00:14:17,776 --> 00:14:19,478 BAD ADVICE. 541 00:14:19,544 --> 00:14:20,712 'CAUSE HAVING A BAD DAY AT WORK? 542 00:14:20,779 --> 00:14:21,213 GO HOME. 543 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:22,648 AT A PARTY STUCK NEXT TO A GUY 544 00:14:22,714 --> 00:14:23,282 WHO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT BITCOIN? 545 00:14:23,348 --> 00:14:24,249 GO HOME. 546 00:14:24,316 --> 00:14:25,317 YOU'RE ON SECOND AND YOUR BUDDY 547 00:14:25,384 --> 00:14:26,418 GROUNDS A SINGLE INTO LEFT 548 00:14:26,485 --> 00:14:27,753 FIELD, THE OUTFIELDER PICKS IT 549 00:14:27,819 --> 00:14:28,587 UP AND THROWS TO FIRST AS YOU 550 00:14:28,654 --> 00:14:29,721 ROUND THIRD, BUT YOU REALIZE 551 00:14:29,788 --> 00:14:30,222 HE'S OVERTHROWN? 552 00:14:30,289 --> 00:14:30,923 GO HOME! 553 00:14:30,989 --> 00:14:32,391 GO HOME! 554 00:14:32,457 --> 00:14:35,360 GO HOME NOW! 555 00:14:35,427 --> 00:14:37,062 BUT KATHERINE LEON WAS HAVING A 556 00:14:37,129 --> 00:14:38,397 HEART ATTACK. 557 00:14:38,463 --> 00:14:39,298 SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SENT 558 00:14:39,364 --> 00:14:40,332 HOME. 559 00:14:40,399 --> 00:14:41,333 AND SHE'S BY NO MEANS ALONE. 560 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:42,701 ONE STUDY FOUND WOMEN WHO CAME 561 00:14:42,768 --> 00:14:43,468 TO THE HOSPITAL WITH 562 00:14:43,535 --> 00:14:44,670 HEART ATTACK SYMPTOMS WERE SEVEN 563 00:14:44,736 --> 00:14:45,971 TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN MEN TO BE 564 00:14:46,038 --> 00:14:47,873 MISDIAGNOSED AND SENT HOME FROM 565 00:14:47,940 --> 00:14:50,175 THE HOSPITAL, WHICH IS TERRIBLE. 566 00:14:50,242 --> 00:14:51,276 THE ONLY THING A WOMAN SHOULD BE 567 00:14:51,343 --> 00:14:52,844 SEVEN TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DO IS 568 00:14:52,911 --> 00:14:54,112 RECOGNIZE THOSE REAL HOUSEWIVES 569 00:14:54,179 --> 00:14:55,580 REFERENCES FROM EARLIER, AND YOU 570 00:14:55,647 --> 00:14:56,648 KNOW WHAT? 571 00:14:56,715 --> 00:14:58,383 EVEN THAT IS NOT OKAY. 572 00:14:58,450 --> 00:15:01,687 THAT SHOW IS BOTH NUANCED AND 573 00:15:01,753 --> 00:15:03,188 SEARING PORTRAYAL OF 574 00:15:03,255 --> 00:15:04,523 WEALTH, POWER, AND LONELINESS IN 575 00:15:04,589 --> 00:15:05,657 MANHATTAN, ALL UNIVERSAL THEMES 576 00:15:05,724 --> 00:15:06,558 THAT SHOULD TRANSCEND WHATEVER 577 00:15:06,625 --> 00:15:07,592 SUPERFICIAL BOXES IN WHICH IT'S 578 00:15:07,659 --> 00:15:08,894 CURRENTLY CONFINED. 579 00:15:08,961 --> 00:15:09,795 IT IS OUR "MUCH ADO ABOUT 580 00:15:09,861 --> 00:15:10,595 NOTHING," AND ANDY COHEN IS OUR 581 00:15:10,662 --> 00:15:11,830 SHAKESPEARE. 582 00:15:11,897 --> 00:15:12,597 BUT THAT'S ‐‐ THAT'S NOT THE 583 00:15:12,664 --> 00:15:13,565 POINT. 584 00:15:13,632 --> 00:15:14,266 IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. 585 00:15:14,333 --> 00:15:15,500 IN FACT, IT'S AN EXCELLENT 586 00:15:15,567 --> 00:15:20,472 POINT. 587 00:15:20,539 --> 00:15:21,039 BUT IT'S NOT THE POINT WE'RE 588 00:15:21,106 --> 00:15:21,773 MAKING HERE, WHICH IS, SEX AND 589 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:22,474 GENDER BIAS CAN CLEARLY DISTORT 590 00:15:22,541 --> 00:15:23,108 MEDICAL OUTCOMES, BUT THEY'RE 591 00:15:23,175 --> 00:15:23,742 NOT THE ONLY FORMS OF BIAS THAT 592 00:15:23,809 --> 00:15:24,843 CAN DO THAT. 593 00:15:24,910 --> 00:15:26,378 AND NOW, IF I MAY QUOTE THE 594 00:15:26,445 --> 00:15:27,813 INSIDE OF DONALD TRUMP'S HEAD 595 00:15:27,879 --> 00:15:30,148 WHEN ENERGY AT A RALLY SEEMS TO 596 00:15:30,215 --> 00:15:31,683 BE FLAGGING, LET'S GET TO THE 597 00:15:31,750 --> 00:15:34,453 RACISM STUFF, BECAUSE THERE IS A 598 00:15:34,519 --> 00:15:35,988 HUGE DISPARITY IN LIFE 599 00:15:36,054 --> 00:15:37,422 EXPECTANCY BETWEEN BLACK AND 600 00:15:37,489 --> 00:15:38,156 WHITE AMERICANS, PARTICULARLY 601 00:15:38,223 --> 00:15:45,864 FOR BLACK MEN. 602 00:15:45,931 --> 00:15:46,698 IN FACT, WHEN ONE STUDY TRIED TO 603 00:15:46,765 --> 00:15:47,933 QUANTIFY WHAT'S CALLED THE 604 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,134 "MORTALITY GAP," THEY FOUND SOME 605 00:15:49,201 --> 00:15:50,369 SHOCKING NUMBERS, WHICH THIS 606 00:15:50,435 --> 00:15:51,003 DOCUMENTARY CHOSE TO ILLUSTRATE 607 00:15:51,069 --> 00:15:51,570 IN THE MOST JARRING WAY 608 00:15:51,636 --> 00:15:52,637 POSSIBLE: 609 00:15:52,704 --> 00:15:54,272 >> WE FOUND OVER 83,000 EXCESS 610 00:15:54,339 --> 00:15:54,906 DEATHS PER YEAR IN THE 611 00:15:54,973 --> 00:15:56,308 AFRICAN‐AMERICAN COMMUNITY 612 00:15:56,375 --> 00:15:57,642 ALONE. 613 00:15:57,709 --> 00:15:58,777 >> 83,000 EXCESS DEATHS EACH 614 00:15:58,844 --> 00:16:00,479 YEAR. 615 00:16:00,545 --> 00:16:02,247 THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF A MAJOR 616 00:16:02,314 --> 00:16:03,248 AIRLINER FILLED WITH BLACK 617 00:16:03,315 --> 00:16:04,716 PASSENGERS FALLING OUT OF THE 618 00:16:04,783 --> 00:16:11,790 SKY EVERY SINGLE DAY EVERY YEAR. 619 00:16:11,857 --> 00:16:12,758 >> John: OKAY, BUT THAT IS SUCH 620 00:16:12,824 --> 00:16:13,859 A WEIRDLY SPECIFIC WAY TO PUT 621 00:16:13,925 --> 00:16:15,560 THAT. 622 00:16:15,627 --> 00:16:16,962 YOU DON'T NEED TO TAKE A NUMBER 623 00:16:17,029 --> 00:16:18,230 THAT'S ALREADY A DISASTER AND 624 00:16:18,296 --> 00:16:18,864 PUT IT IN TERMS OF ANOTHER 625 00:16:18,930 --> 00:16:21,033 DISASTER. 626 00:16:21,099 --> 00:16:22,834 "83,000 EXCESS DEATHS. 627 00:16:22,901 --> 00:16:24,102 IT'S LIKE FOUR DOUBLE‐DECKER 628 00:16:24,169 --> 00:16:25,170 BUSES DRIVING INTO EACH OTHER 629 00:16:25,237 --> 00:16:26,571 EVERY SIX HOURS. 630 00:16:26,638 --> 00:16:27,406 IT'S 32 HOT‐AIR BALLOONS 631 00:16:27,472 --> 00:16:28,373 EXPLODING EVERY MINUTE FOR A 632 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,075 WEEK. 633 00:16:30,142 --> 00:16:31,143 IT'S THE DEATH OF PRINCESS DIANA 634 00:16:31,209 --> 00:16:32,978 83,000 TIMES." 635 00:16:33,045 --> 00:16:33,812 I GET IT. 636 00:16:33,879 --> 00:16:37,849 I GET IT. 637 00:16:37,916 --> 00:16:38,683 IT'S PRETTY BAD. 638 00:16:38,750 --> 00:16:39,651 I GET IT. 639 00:16:39,718 --> 00:16:40,719 NOW, CLEARLY, THERE ARE SYSTEMIC 640 00:16:40,786 --> 00:16:42,587 FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THAT 641 00:16:42,654 --> 00:16:43,555 NUMBER, BUT EVEN JUST WHEN IT 642 00:16:43,622 --> 00:16:44,623 COMES TO CONTACT WITH THE 643 00:16:44,689 --> 00:16:46,024 HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, THERE CAN BE 644 00:16:46,091 --> 00:16:47,125 APPALLING DISPARITIES. 645 00:16:47,192 --> 00:16:48,627 THERE ARE, AGAIN, MANY STUDIES 646 00:16:48,693 --> 00:16:49,995 SHOWING AFRICAN‐AMERICANS HAVE A 647 00:16:50,062 --> 00:16:51,430 LOWER LIKELIHOOD OF RECEIVING 648 00:16:51,496 --> 00:16:52,631 RECOMMENDED CARE FOR EVERYTHING 649 00:16:52,697 --> 00:16:54,699 FROM PNEUMONIA TO HIP FRACTURES 650 00:16:54,766 --> 00:16:56,034 TO MULTIPLE CANCERS. 651 00:16:56,101 --> 00:16:57,702 AND WHILE THERE'S NO ONE CAUSE 652 00:16:57,769 --> 00:16:59,438 FOR THESE DISPARITIES, IT 653 00:16:59,504 --> 00:17:00,939 CERTAINLY DOESN'T HELP THAT, AS 654 00:17:01,006 --> 00:17:03,442 A STUDY OF MED STUDENTS AND 655 00:17:03,508 --> 00:17:04,409 DOCTORS FOUND JUST THREE YEARS 656 00:17:04,476 --> 00:17:05,544 AGO, MISINFORMATION ABOUT 657 00:17:05,610 --> 00:17:06,645 AFRICAN‐AMERICAN PATIENTS IS 658 00:17:06,711 --> 00:17:11,383 RAMPANT. 659 00:17:11,450 --> 00:17:12,784 >> THE STUDY FOUND SOME DOCTORS 660 00:17:12,851 --> 00:17:13,885 BELIEVED THERE ARE BIOLOGICAL 661 00:17:13,952 --> 00:17:15,420 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO 662 00:17:15,487 --> 00:17:16,855 RACES. 663 00:17:16,922 --> 00:17:18,223 FOR EXAMPLE, 25% OF DOCTOR 664 00:17:18,290 --> 00:17:19,991 RESIDENTS THOUGHT BLACKS HAVE 665 00:17:20,058 --> 00:17:22,561 THICKER SKIN. 666 00:17:22,627 --> 00:17:23,929 >> John: HOLY SHIT. 667 00:17:23,995 --> 00:17:25,230 YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO HEAR THAT 668 00:17:25,297 --> 00:17:26,765 AT A MEDICAL SCHOOL. 669 00:17:26,832 --> 00:17:28,166 YOU BARELY EXPECT TO HEAR IT 670 00:17:28,233 --> 00:17:29,267 YELLED ACROSS A TABLE BY A 671 00:17:29,334 --> 00:17:30,168 RACIST GRANDFATHER AT 672 00:17:30,235 --> 00:17:35,073 THANKSGIVING. 673 00:17:35,140 --> 00:17:35,740 "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, 674 00:17:35,807 --> 00:17:36,475 GRANDPA? 675 00:17:36,541 --> 00:17:37,242 HIS SKIN ISN'T THICKER THAN 676 00:17:37,309 --> 00:17:38,176 YOURS. 677 00:17:38,243 --> 00:17:39,177 AND EVEN IF IT WERE, THAT IS NOT 678 00:17:39,244 --> 00:17:41,346 WHY YOU DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM." 679 00:17:41,413 --> 00:17:42,681 AND THAT IS NOT THE ONLY INSANE 680 00:17:42,747 --> 00:17:43,415 BELIEF THAT STUDY FOUND. 681 00:17:43,482 --> 00:17:45,517 14% OF SECOND‐YEAR MED STUDENTS 682 00:17:45,584 --> 00:17:47,252 AGREED THAT BLACK PEOPLE'S NERVE 683 00:17:47,319 --> 00:17:49,187 ENDINGS ARE LESS SENSITIVE THAN 684 00:17:49,254 --> 00:17:50,856 WHITES, WHICH THEY OBVIOUSLY 685 00:17:50,922 --> 00:17:52,891 AREN'T. 686 00:17:52,958 --> 00:17:56,027 AND 17% BELIEVED THAT BLACK 687 00:17:56,094 --> 00:17:56,628 PEOPLE'S BLOOD COAGULATES MORE 688 00:17:56,695 --> 00:17:57,796 QUICKLY THAN WHITES, WHICH IT 689 00:17:57,863 --> 00:17:59,097 OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T. 690 00:17:59,164 --> 00:18:00,298 AND AT THAT POINT, I WOULDN'T BE 691 00:18:00,365 --> 00:18:01,566 SURPRISED TO LEARN 86% OF THEM 692 00:18:01,633 --> 00:18:03,768 BELIEVE THAT IRISH JIZZ IS GREEN 693 00:18:03,835 --> 00:18:07,105 ON HOLIDAYS. 694 00:18:07,172 --> 00:18:08,073 NOT EVEN JUST ST. PATRICK'S DAY, 695 00:18:08,140 --> 00:18:10,408 ALL HOLIDAYS, EVEN YOM KIPPUR. 696 00:18:10,475 --> 00:18:11,343 THAT'S THE WORST TIME TO 697 00:18:11,409 --> 00:18:13,178 EJACULATE. 698 00:18:13,245 --> 00:18:14,779 NOW, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY 699 00:18:14,846 --> 00:18:16,815 EXACTLY WHERE THEY CAME BY THOSE 700 00:18:16,882 --> 00:18:18,817 BELIEFS, BUT MEDICAL TEXTBOOKS 701 00:18:18,884 --> 00:18:20,051 ARE NOT IMMUNE FROM BIAS. 702 00:18:20,118 --> 00:18:21,987 THIS NURSING TEXTBOOK WAS 703 00:18:22,053 --> 00:18:23,822 AVAILABLE UNTIL JUST TWO YEARS 704 00:18:23,889 --> 00:18:25,290 AGO, WHEN IT WAS PULLED AFTER IT 705 00:18:25,357 --> 00:18:26,424 EMERGED THAT IT FEATURED 706 00:18:26,491 --> 00:18:28,193 STATEMENTS LIKE, AND I QUOTE: 707 00:18:28,260 --> 00:18:30,095 "HISPANICS MAY BELIEVE THAT PAIN 708 00:18:30,162 --> 00:18:31,696 IS A FORM OF PUNISHMENT AND THAT 709 00:18:31,763 --> 00:18:32,864 SUFFERING MUST BE ENDURED IF 710 00:18:32,931 --> 00:18:34,065 THEY ARE TO ENTER HEAVEN," 711 00:18:34,132 --> 00:18:35,300 AFRICAN‐AMERICANS "BELIEVE 712 00:18:35,367 --> 00:18:36,401 SUFFERING AND PAIN ARE 713 00:18:36,468 --> 00:18:37,536 INEVITABLE," AND 714 00:18:37,602 --> 00:18:38,770 NATIVE AMERICANS "MAY PICK A 715 00:18:38,837 --> 00:18:40,639 SACRED NUMBER WHEN ASKED TO RATE 716 00:18:40,705 --> 00:18:42,641 PAIN ON A NUMERICAL PAIN SCALE." 717 00:18:42,707 --> 00:18:43,975 AND YOU EXPECT THAT A TEXTBOOK 718 00:18:44,042 --> 00:18:45,243 MIGHT HAVE TYPOS OR OUTDATED 719 00:18:45,310 --> 00:18:46,578 INFORMATION. 720 00:18:46,645 --> 00:18:48,413 YOU DO NOT EXPECT IT TO 721 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:50,182 BASICALLY SAY "HISPANICS 722 00:18:50,248 --> 00:18:51,316 THINK GOD IS KINKY AND 723 00:18:51,383 --> 00:18:52,317 NATIVE AMERICANS WILL TELL YOU 724 00:18:52,384 --> 00:18:54,786 WIZARD NUMBERS." 725 00:18:54,853 --> 00:18:56,588 AND MISCONCEPTIONS CAN HAVE 726 00:18:56,655 --> 00:19:00,325 TANGIBLE EFFECTS ON TREATMENT. 727 00:19:00,392 --> 00:19:01,793 JUST THINK ABOUT IT, IF A 728 00:19:01,860 --> 00:19:03,929 QUARTER OF ALL MEDICAL RESIDENTS 729 00:19:03,995 --> 00:19:06,464 THINK THAT BLACK PEOPLE HAVE 730 00:19:06,531 --> 00:19:07,933 THICKER SKIN AND NURSES HAVE 731 00:19:07,999 --> 00:19:09,501 BEEN TOLD THAT THEY THINK 732 00:19:09,568 --> 00:19:11,136 SUFFERING IS INEVITABLE, THAT 733 00:19:11,203 --> 00:19:12,537 MIGHT LEAD TO BLACK PATIENTS' 734 00:19:12,604 --> 00:19:13,838 PAIN BEING TREATED DIFFERENTLY, 735 00:19:13,905 --> 00:19:14,739 WHICH HAPPENS. 736 00:19:14,806 --> 00:19:15,507 AND I ACTUALLY THINK WANDA SYKES 737 00:19:15,574 --> 00:19:16,741 SUMMED THIS UP BEST. 738 00:19:16,808 --> 00:19:17,442 >> BECAUSE OF RACISM, BLACK 739 00:19:17,509 --> 00:19:18,310 PEOPLE, WE DON'T EVEN GET OUR 740 00:19:18,376 --> 00:19:22,247 HANDS ON OPIOIDS. 741 00:19:22,314 --> 00:19:25,483 THEY DON'T EVEN GIVE THEM TO US. 742 00:19:25,550 --> 00:19:26,952 WHITE PEOPLE GET OPIOIDS LIKE 743 00:19:27,018 --> 00:19:31,323 THEY TIC TACS. 744 00:19:31,389 --> 00:19:33,124 IT AMAZES ME HOW MANY OPIOIDS 745 00:19:33,191 --> 00:19:36,328 YOU MOTHERFUCKERS HAVE. 746 00:19:36,394 --> 00:19:39,698 I HAD A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY. 747 00:19:39,764 --> 00:19:41,099 YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SENT MY 748 00:19:41,166 --> 00:19:43,735 BLACK ASS HOME WITH? 749 00:19:43,802 --> 00:19:46,137 IBU‐FUCKING‐PROFEN. 750 00:19:46,204 --> 00:19:47,672 >> John: OKAY, OKAY, FIRST, FROM 751 00:19:47,739 --> 00:19:48,974 NOW ON, ADVIL SHOULD ABSOLUTELY 752 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,343 CALL ITSELF IBU‐FUCKING‐PROFEN. 753 00:19:51,409 --> 00:19:52,911 THAT IS NONNEGOTIABLE. 754 00:19:52,978 --> 00:19:56,248 THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. 755 00:19:56,314 --> 00:19:57,949 BUT SECOND, THAT'S BY NO MEANS 756 00:19:58,016 --> 00:19:59,684 UNUSUAL. 757 00:19:59,751 --> 00:20:00,585 ONE RECENT ANALYSIS FOUND THAT 758 00:20:00,652 --> 00:20:02,220 BLACK PATIENTS WERE 34% LESS 759 00:20:02,287 --> 00:20:04,322 LIKELY TO BE PRESCRIBED OPIOIDS 760 00:20:04,389 --> 00:20:05,323 FOR PAIN THAN WHITE PATIENTS 761 00:20:05,390 --> 00:20:07,659 WITH SIMILAR CONDITIONS. 762 00:20:07,726 --> 00:20:11,062 AND WHILE THERE ARE A LOT OF 763 00:20:11,129 --> 00:20:11,696 GOOD REASONS TO PRESCRIBE FEWER 764 00:20:11,763 --> 00:20:12,964 OPIOIDS, "MY PATIENTS ARE BLACK" 765 00:20:13,031 --> 00:20:15,367 IS JUST NOT ONE OF THEM. 766 00:20:15,433 --> 00:20:16,468 AND THE DANGER IS, IF YOU 767 00:20:16,534 --> 00:20:17,569 CONSISTENTLY HAVE BAD 768 00:20:17,636 --> 00:20:18,503 EXPERIENCES WITH HEALTH CARE, 769 00:20:18,570 --> 00:20:20,238 YOU MIGHT BE LESS INCLINED TO 770 00:20:20,305 --> 00:20:21,373 SEEK HELP THAT YOU NEED IN THE 771 00:20:21,439 --> 00:20:22,841 FUTURE. 772 00:20:22,907 --> 00:20:23,808 JUST LISTEN TO THIS WOMAN, WHO 773 00:20:23,875 --> 00:20:25,043 WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LUPUS, 774 00:20:25,110 --> 00:20:26,278 DESCRIBE HOW SHE WAS IMPACTED BY 775 00:20:26,344 --> 00:20:27,479 THE RESPONSE FROM DOCTORS WHEN 776 00:20:27,545 --> 00:20:32,017 SHE SOUGHT PAIN TREATMENT. 777 00:20:32,083 --> 00:20:33,451 >> IT WAS JUST THIS BELIEF THAT 778 00:20:33,518 --> 00:20:34,653 I WAS MAKING THINGS UP, THAT 779 00:20:34,719 --> 00:20:35,754 WHAT I WAS SAYING WASN'T REAL, 780 00:20:35,820 --> 00:20:36,955 THAT I MUST BE SEEKING DRUGS OR 781 00:20:37,022 --> 00:20:38,056 SELLING THE DRUGS OR SOME SUCH 782 00:20:38,123 --> 00:20:39,424 THING. 783 00:20:39,491 --> 00:20:42,527 >> IS THAT REALLY WHAT PEOPLE 784 00:20:42,594 --> 00:20:43,295 WOULD ‐‐ THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE 785 00:20:43,361 --> 00:20:44,095 GETTING IN THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE? 786 00:20:44,162 --> 00:20:44,763 >> OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, 787 00:20:44,829 --> 00:20:46,531 ABSOLUTELY. 788 00:20:46,598 --> 00:20:49,000 AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOU 789 00:20:49,067 --> 00:20:50,435 START TO DEVELOP A TON OF FEAR 790 00:20:50,502 --> 00:20:52,070 AROUND GOING TO THE DOCTOR. 791 00:20:52,137 --> 00:20:53,505 >> John: YEAH, OF COURSE YOU'D 792 00:20:53,571 --> 00:20:54,973 BE FRIGHTENED TO GO TO THE 793 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:56,107 DOCTOR IF YOU THOUGHT THEY'D 794 00:20:56,174 --> 00:20:58,443 TREAT YOU LIKE A DRUG DEALER. 795 00:20:58,510 --> 00:20:59,678 I'M TERRIFIED OF THEM, AND THE 796 00:20:59,744 --> 00:21:00,812 WORST THING DOCTORS EVER SAY TO 797 00:21:00,879 --> 00:21:02,180 ME IS, "MR. OLIVER, YOU'RE 42 798 00:21:02,247 --> 00:21:03,381 AND YOU SHOULD NO LONGER NEED TO 799 00:21:03,448 --> 00:21:04,849 BE BRIBED WITH A LOLLIPOP TO GET 800 00:21:04,916 --> 00:21:05,617 A FLU SHOT." 801 00:21:05,684 --> 00:21:07,452 BUT I WANT ONE. 802 00:21:07,519 --> 00:21:08,620 I WANT A WOWWIPOP. 803 00:21:08,687 --> 00:21:11,523 I'VE BEEN VERY BRAVE. 804 00:21:11,589 --> 00:21:13,124 GIVE ME A WOWWIPOP. 805 00:21:13,191 --> 00:21:15,360 AND LOOK, I'M NOT SAYING THAT 806 00:21:15,427 --> 00:21:16,928 ALL DOCTORS ARE RACIST OR SEXIST 807 00:21:16,995 --> 00:21:18,797 BECAUSE THEY OBVIOUSLY AREN'T. 808 00:21:18,863 --> 00:21:20,332 BUT PEOPLE HAVE BIASES, AND 809 00:21:20,398 --> 00:21:22,334 DOCTORS ARE PEOPLE, AND THEY 810 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,235 MAY'VE COME UP IN A SYSTEM THAT, 811 00:21:24,302 --> 00:21:26,104 INTENTIONALLY OR NOT, HAS OFTEN 812 00:21:26,171 --> 00:21:29,708 DISCOUNTED THE EXPERIENCES OF A 813 00:21:29,774 --> 00:21:31,109 MAJOR PORTION OF THE POPULATION. 814 00:21:31,176 --> 00:21:32,277 AND THEIR BIASES ‐‐ EXPLICIT OR 815 00:21:32,344 --> 00:21:33,244 IMPLICIT ‐‐ HAVE LIFE‐OR‐DEATH 816 00:21:33,311 --> 00:21:34,646 CONSEQUENCES. 817 00:21:34,713 --> 00:21:35,847 AND THERE'S PERHAPS NO STARKER 818 00:21:35,914 --> 00:21:37,082 EXPRESSION OF WHERE SEX AND RACE 819 00:21:37,148 --> 00:21:38,416 CAN NEGATIVELY IMPACT HEALTH 820 00:21:38,483 --> 00:21:39,617 CARE OUTCOMES THAN MATERNAL 821 00:21:39,684 --> 00:21:41,386 MORTALITY. 822 00:21:41,453 --> 00:21:43,154 CURRENTLY THE UNITED STATES HAS 823 00:21:43,221 --> 00:21:44,356 THE HIGHEST RATE OF MATERNAL 824 00:21:44,422 --> 00:21:46,124 MORTALITY IN THE DEVELOPED 825 00:21:46,191 --> 00:21:47,959 WORLD, WHICH IS ALREADY 826 00:21:48,026 --> 00:21:49,494 TERRIBLE, BUT IT GETS EVEN WORSE 827 00:21:49,561 --> 00:21:51,062 FOR BLACK WOMEN. 828 00:21:51,129 --> 00:21:52,364 >> IF YOU'RE A WOMAN OF COLOR IN 829 00:21:52,430 --> 00:21:53,598 THIS COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY IF 830 00:21:53,665 --> 00:21:54,999 YOU'RE BLACK, YOUR ODDS OF DYING 831 00:21:55,066 --> 00:21:56,167 IN CHILDBIRTH ARE THREE TO FOUR 832 00:21:56,234 --> 00:21:56,968 TIMES HIGHER ON AVERAGE IN OUR 833 00:21:57,035 --> 00:22:00,138 COUNTRY. 834 00:22:00,205 --> 00:22:01,206 >> WHY? 835 00:22:01,272 --> 00:22:02,741 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT 836 00:22:02,807 --> 00:22:04,109 ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. 837 00:22:04,175 --> 00:22:05,643 YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MONEY 838 00:22:05,710 --> 00:22:07,112 OR EDUCATION. 839 00:22:07,178 --> 00:22:07,812 >> NO. 840 00:22:07,879 --> 00:22:08,513 AND THIS IS GONNA BE HARD TO 841 00:22:08,580 --> 00:22:09,514 HEAR. 842 00:22:09,581 --> 00:22:11,082 WE BELIEVE BLACK WOMEN LESS WHEN 843 00:22:11,149 --> 00:22:12,250 THEY EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT THE 844 00:22:12,317 --> 00:22:13,284 SYMPTOMS THEY'RE HAVING, 845 00:22:13,351 --> 00:22:14,152 PARTICULARLY AROUND PAIN. 846 00:22:14,219 --> 00:22:15,253 >> John: YEAH. 847 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:15,854 THAT IS HARD TO HEAR. 848 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:16,688 BUT IT IS WORTH UNDERSCORING 849 00:22:16,755 --> 00:22:17,555 WHAT HE JUST SAID THERE: THESE 850 00:22:17,622 --> 00:22:18,790 RACIAL DISCREPANCIES EXIST EVEN 851 00:22:18,857 --> 00:22:20,091 WHEN YOU CONTROL FOR 852 00:22:20,158 --> 00:22:21,092 SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS LIKE 853 00:22:21,159 --> 00:22:26,064 EDUCATION OR INSURANCE STATUS. 854 00:22:26,131 --> 00:22:27,465 WE ARE LITERALLY DISBELIEVING 855 00:22:27,532 --> 00:22:28,767 BLACK WOMEN TO DEATH. 856 00:22:28,833 --> 00:22:30,435 AND THAT IS APPALLING ENOUGH IN 857 00:22:30,502 --> 00:22:31,836 THEORY, BUT IT IS HEARTBREAKING 858 00:22:31,903 --> 00:22:32,637 IN PRACTICE. 859 00:22:32,704 --> 00:22:33,805 TAKE KIRA JOHNSON, WHO GAVE 860 00:22:33,872 --> 00:22:35,039 BIRTH TO A SON ONLY FOR THINGS 861 00:22:35,106 --> 00:22:36,708 TO GO HORRIBLY WRONG. 862 00:22:36,775 --> 00:22:37,942 HER HUSBAND SAYS SHE WAITED 863 00:22:38,009 --> 00:22:39,444 HOURS FOR A CT SCAN, AND BY THE 864 00:22:39,511 --> 00:22:40,678 TIME DOCTORS TOOK THE SITUATION 865 00:22:40,745 --> 00:22:42,580 SERIOUSLY, IT WAS TOO LATE. 866 00:22:42,647 --> 00:22:44,382 SHE DIED IN SURGERY. 867 00:22:44,449 --> 00:22:45,150 AND TO THIS DAY HER HUSBAND 868 00:22:45,216 --> 00:22:46,384 WONDERS WHAT HE COULD HAVE DONE 869 00:22:46,451 --> 00:22:48,586 DIFFERENTLY. 870 00:22:48,653 --> 00:22:51,189 >> I SIT AWAKE AT NIGHTS 871 00:22:51,256 --> 00:22:52,891 THINKING, "MAN, LIKE, MAYBE I 872 00:22:52,957 --> 00:22:54,225 SHOULD HAVE GRABBED SOMEBODY BY 873 00:22:54,292 --> 00:22:54,993 THEIR COLLAR, RIGHT? 874 00:22:55,059 --> 00:22:55,693 MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE TURNED THE 875 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:56,661 TABLE OVER, RIGHT? 876 00:22:56,728 --> 00:22:57,796 WOULD THAT HAVE MADE A 877 00:22:57,862 --> 00:22:58,897 DIFFERENCE?" 878 00:22:58,963 --> 00:23:00,198 I DEFINITELY THOUGHT ABOUT THE 879 00:23:00,265 --> 00:23:01,499 WHOLE ISSUE OF, I DIDN'T WANT TO 880 00:23:01,566 --> 00:23:02,400 BE SEEN, NOT ONLY AS ANGRY, BUT 881 00:23:02,467 --> 00:23:03,601 ANGRY BLACK MAN, RIGHT? 882 00:23:03,668 --> 00:23:04,536 I'M NOT THE SMALLEST GUY IN THE 883 00:23:04,602 --> 00:23:07,305 WORLD. 884 00:23:07,372 --> 00:23:09,340 AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN AND HOW 885 00:23:09,407 --> 00:23:10,508 WE WOULD BE PERCEIVED AND HOW IT 886 00:23:10,575 --> 00:23:12,043 WOULD BE TREATED AS A RESULT OF 887 00:23:12,110 --> 00:23:13,144 THAT PERCEPTION. 888 00:23:13,211 --> 00:23:15,447 WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED, I 889 00:23:15,513 --> 00:23:17,816 WOULD GET THE QUESTION A LOT, 890 00:23:17,882 --> 00:23:18,650 "WELL, DO YOU THINK IT WAS 891 00:23:18,716 --> 00:23:20,318 BECAUSE SHE WAS BLACK? 892 00:23:20,385 --> 00:23:21,519 YOU THINK WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF 893 00:23:21,586 --> 00:23:22,787 KIRA WAS WHITE, WAS A DIFFERENT 894 00:23:22,854 --> 00:23:25,256 COLOR?" 895 00:23:25,323 --> 00:23:28,793 AND THE WAY I ANSWER THAT 896 00:23:28,860 --> 00:23:30,328 QUESTION IS, THE SIMPLE FACT 897 00:23:30,395 --> 00:23:31,429 THAT YOU HAVE TO ASK THAT 898 00:23:31,496 --> 00:23:33,231 QUESTION IS A PROBLEM. 899 00:23:33,298 --> 00:23:34,365 >> John: YEAH, IT IS. 900 00:23:34,432 --> 00:23:35,567 IT'S A HUGE FUCKING PROBLEM, 901 00:23:35,633 --> 00:23:37,168 'CAUSE THAT'S DEVASTATING. 902 00:23:37,235 --> 00:23:38,903 A WOMAN NO ONE WOULD LISTEN TO 903 00:23:38,970 --> 00:23:40,271 AND A MAN WHO FEARED IF HE SPOKE 904 00:23:40,338 --> 00:23:40,872 UP, HE WOULD BE JUDGED FOR THE 905 00:23:40,939 --> 00:23:42,207 COLOR OF HIS SKIN. 906 00:23:42,273 --> 00:23:42,941 LOOK, I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN 907 00:23:43,007 --> 00:23:44,375 THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD BE 908 00:23:44,442 --> 00:23:46,110 COMFORTABLE WITH THE IDEA OF 909 00:23:46,177 --> 00:23:47,712 SOMEONE GETTING WORSE MEDICAL 910 00:23:47,779 --> 00:23:48,580 CARE BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE OR 911 00:23:48,646 --> 00:23:50,281 SEX. 912 00:23:50,348 --> 00:23:51,382 SO GIVEN THAT WE ALL AGREE ON 913 00:23:51,449 --> 00:23:52,650 THAT, WHAT CAN BE DONE HERE? 914 00:23:52,717 --> 00:23:55,019 WELL, IDEALLY, WE'D SIMPLY 915 00:23:55,086 --> 00:23:56,654 FIGURE OUT A WAY FOR NO ONE TO 916 00:23:56,721 --> 00:23:58,323 EVER GET SICK AGAIN, THUS MAKING 917 00:23:58,389 --> 00:24:00,492 TRIPS TO THE DOCTOR AN 918 00:24:00,558 --> 00:24:03,294 EMBARRASSMENT OF THE PAST, YOU 919 00:24:03,361 --> 00:24:04,596 KNOW, LIKE VCRs OR MTV GIVING 920 00:24:04,662 --> 00:24:05,730 OUT SOMETHING CALLED THE 921 00:24:05,797 --> 00:24:06,631 "MICHAEL JACKSON VIDEO VANGUARD 922 00:24:06,698 --> 00:24:09,200 AWARD." 923 00:24:09,267 --> 00:24:10,368 HOLD ON, 2019? 924 00:24:10,435 --> 00:24:12,804 THEY'RE STILL DOING IT? 925 00:24:12,871 --> 00:24:13,905 IS THAT A DIFFERENT 926 00:24:13,972 --> 00:24:14,973 MICHAEL JACKSON? 927 00:24:15,039 --> 00:24:18,176 IT MUST BE, RIGHT? 928 00:24:18,243 --> 00:24:19,444 WHY DRAG MISSY ELLIOTT 929 00:24:19,511 --> 00:24:20,411 INTO THIS SHIT? 930 00:24:20,478 --> 00:24:22,347 BUT THERE ARE ALSO CONCRETE 931 00:24:22,413 --> 00:24:26,251 MEASURES THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY 932 00:24:26,317 --> 00:24:26,951 CAN TAKE HERE. 933 00:24:27,018 --> 00:24:28,052 STANDARDIZING CARE IS A GOOD 934 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:28,853 FIRST STEP. 935 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:30,154 SINCE 2006, CALIFORNIA HAS CUT 936 00:24:30,221 --> 00:24:31,322 ITS RATE OF WOMEN DYING IN 937 00:24:31,389 --> 00:24:32,190 CHILDBIRTH BY MORE THAN HALF, IN 938 00:24:32,257 --> 00:24:33,024 PART BY INSTITUTING PROTOCOLS 939 00:24:33,091 --> 00:24:34,125 FOR MATERNAL CARE. 940 00:24:34,192 --> 00:24:35,793 SOME HOSPITALS THERE NOW DO 941 00:24:35,860 --> 00:24:36,928 THINGS LIKE QUANTIFYING BLOOD 942 00:24:36,995 --> 00:24:38,196 LOSS AFTER BIRTH BY GATHERING 943 00:24:38,263 --> 00:24:39,664 THE SPONGES AND PADS AND 944 00:24:39,731 --> 00:24:42,300 WEIGHING THEM ON A SCALE. 945 00:24:42,367 --> 00:24:44,168 THAT WAY, THE DOCTOR'S POTENTIAL 946 00:24:44,235 --> 00:24:45,436 BIASES ARE REMOVED FROM THE 947 00:24:45,503 --> 00:24:46,070 EQUATION, 'CAUSE IF A PATIENT IS 948 00:24:46,137 --> 00:24:47,038 BLEEDING TOO MUCH, THE SCALE 949 00:24:47,105 --> 00:24:50,308 WILL SAY SO. 950 00:24:50,375 --> 00:24:51,242 BUT THAT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE TO 951 00:24:51,309 --> 00:24:51,876 SOLVE ONE VERY SPECIFIC PROBLEM. 952 00:24:51,943 --> 00:24:53,011 CLEARLY, WE NEED TO THINK MUCH 953 00:24:53,077 --> 00:24:54,445 BIGGER HERE. 954 00:24:54,512 --> 00:24:55,580 AND I KNOW I AM JUST NOT THE 955 00:24:55,647 --> 00:24:57,482 BEST VEHICLE FOR THIS MESSAGE. 956 00:24:57,549 --> 00:24:59,250 WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS SOMEONE 957 00:24:59,317 --> 00:25:00,552 WHO CAN SPEAK WITH AUTHORITY 958 00:25:00,618 --> 00:25:02,487 FROM REAL EXPERIENCE. 959 00:25:02,554 --> 00:25:03,588 AND LUCKILY I KNOW JUST THE 960 00:25:03,655 --> 00:25:05,290 PERSON. 961 00:25:05,356 --> 00:25:06,558 PLEASE WELCOME WANDA SYKES. 962 00:25:06,624 --> 00:25:12,096 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 963 00:25:12,163 --> 00:25:15,266 WANDA, WANDA, I'VE GOT TO SAY, 964 00:25:15,333 --> 00:25:17,235 WANDA ‐‐ 965 00:25:17,302 --> 00:25:18,303 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 966 00:25:18,369 --> 00:25:22,740 EXACTLY. 967 00:25:22,807 --> 00:25:24,676 WANDA, I'M SO, SO GLAD YOU'RE 968 00:25:24,742 --> 00:25:26,411 HERE. 969 00:25:26,477 --> 00:25:29,080 >> I BET YOU ARE. 970 00:25:29,147 --> 00:25:29,881 >> John: I WAS A BIT WORRIED 971 00:25:29,948 --> 00:25:30,582 THAT I MIGHT BE A BIT TOO WHITE 972 00:25:30,648 --> 00:25:33,384 TO GIVE ADVICE ON THIS SUBJECT. 973 00:25:33,451 --> 00:25:34,352 >> WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE YOU ARE. 974 00:25:34,419 --> 00:25:35,253 YOU'RE REAL WHITE. 975 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,221 >> John: I AM. 976 00:25:37,288 --> 00:25:38,022 YEAH. 977 00:25:38,089 --> 00:25:38,890 >> I BET YOU CLAP ON THE ONE AND 978 00:25:38,957 --> 00:25:39,857 THE THREE, DON'T YOU? 979 00:25:39,924 --> 00:25:41,326 >> John: I HONESTLY WOULDN'T 980 00:25:41,392 --> 00:25:44,562 KNOW HOW ELSE TO DO IT. 981 00:25:44,629 --> 00:25:45,163 >> UH‐HUH. 982 00:25:45,229 --> 00:25:46,197 SO YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE ME 983 00:25:46,264 --> 00:25:47,165 STAND HERE? 984 00:25:47,231 --> 00:25:47,999 >> John OH, WOULD YOU RATHER ‐‐ 985 00:25:48,066 --> 00:25:53,605 >> YEAH, I WOULD. 986 00:25:53,671 --> 00:25:56,307 >> John: SURE, PLEASE. 987 00:25:56,374 --> 00:25:59,777 >> YOU GET TO SIT. 988 00:25:59,844 --> 00:26:01,145 LET ME SIT. 989 00:26:01,212 --> 00:26:01,779 >> John: SHOULD I JUST CROUCH 990 00:26:01,846 --> 00:26:02,747 HERE? 991 00:26:02,814 --> 00:26:04,182 >> YOU CAN GO. 992 00:26:04,248 --> 00:26:05,650 >> John: OH, I SHOULD GO. 993 00:26:05,717 --> 00:26:11,756 >> THANK YOU. 994 00:26:11,823 --> 00:26:12,223 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 995 00:26:12,290 --> 00:26:13,625 HELLO AND WELCOME TO 996 00:26:13,691 --> 00:26:14,626 "LAST SAD TONIGHT WITH 997 00:26:14,692 --> 00:26:16,694 SPECTACLES McDORKY." 998 00:26:16,761 --> 00:26:18,396 OKAY, LOOK, IF YOU'RE A WOMAN OR 999 00:26:18,463 --> 00:26:19,197 A PERSON OF COLOR, GOING TO THE 1000 00:26:19,263 --> 00:26:20,665 DOCTOR CAN BE ROUGH. 1001 00:26:20,732 --> 00:26:22,567 BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, GOT THE 1002 00:26:22,634 --> 00:26:26,504 IBU‐FUCKING‐PROFEN. 1003 00:26:26,571 --> 00:26:30,108 BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS WE CAN 1004 00:26:30,174 --> 00:26:31,342 DO. 1005 00:26:31,409 --> 00:26:33,077 FIRST, DOCTORS AND MED STUDENTS 1006 00:26:33,144 --> 00:26:34,379 SHOULD GET BIAS TRAINING. 1007 00:26:34,445 --> 00:26:35,046 I KNOW THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE 1008 00:26:35,113 --> 00:26:36,347 FUN, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE 1009 00:26:36,414 --> 00:26:37,315 THINGS THAT'S NOT FUN, BUT YOU 1010 00:26:37,382 --> 00:26:38,149 SHOULD DO IT ANYWAY, LIKE 1011 00:26:38,216 --> 00:26:45,957 READING WITH YOUR KIDS. 1012 00:26:46,024 --> 00:26:46,624 TRUST ME. 1013 00:26:46,691 --> 00:26:47,392 TRUST ME. 1014 00:26:47,458 --> 00:26:48,526 YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT YOUR 1015 00:26:48,593 --> 00:26:49,160 CHILD HAS A READING PROBLEM AND 1016 00:26:49,227 --> 00:26:57,935 IT'S YOU. 1017 00:26:58,002 --> 00:26:58,536 SECOND, WE NEED MORE DIVERSITY 1018 00:26:58,603 --> 00:26:59,570 IN THE MEDICAL FIELD. 1019 00:26:59,637 --> 00:27:00,171 WE NEED MORE NON‐WHITE DOCTORS 1020 00:27:00,238 --> 00:27:00,772 IN ACTUAL HOSPITALS, NOT JUST 1021 00:27:00,838 --> 00:27:01,205 THE ONES MADE UP BY 1022 00:27:01,272 --> 00:27:07,945 SHONDA RHIMES. 1023 00:27:08,012 --> 00:27:08,780 AND FINALLY, UNTIL WE DO THOSE 1024 00:27:08,846 --> 00:27:09,514 FIRST TWO THINGS, YOU'VE GOT TO 1025 00:27:09,580 --> 00:27:10,481 ADVOCATE FOR YOURSELF. 1026 00:27:10,548 --> 00:27:11,282 AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, DON'T 1027 00:27:11,349 --> 00:27:12,250 WORRY. 1028 00:27:12,316 --> 00:27:13,851 I'VE GOT A BACKUP PLAN. 1029 00:27:13,918 --> 00:27:25,463 IT'S CALLED "BRING A WHITE MAN." 1030 00:27:25,530 --> 00:27:27,565 BASICALLY, IF YOUR DOCTOR'S 1031 00:27:27,632 --> 00:27:28,266 IGNORING YOU, JUST BRING A 1032 00:27:28,332 --> 00:27:29,567 WHITE MAN TO REPEAT EVERYTHING 1033 00:27:29,634 --> 00:27:32,003 YOU SAID. 1034 00:27:32,070 --> 00:27:33,471 AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, "WANDA, 1035 00:27:33,538 --> 00:27:35,173 WHERE THE FUCK AM I GOING TO 1036 00:27:35,239 --> 00:27:38,476 GET ‐‐ FIND ONE OF THOSE?" 1037 00:27:38,543 --> 00:27:40,111 DON'T WORRY ‐‐ I'VE GOT A WHITE 1038 00:27:40,178 --> 00:27:41,646 FRIEND WHO LOVES COMPLAINING TO 1039 00:27:41,713 --> 00:27:43,281 DOCTORS, AND HE'S RECORDED SOME 1040 00:27:43,347 --> 00:27:45,383 MESSAGES YOU CAN USE. 1041 00:27:45,450 --> 00:27:47,752 SO LET'S SAY YOU'RE HAVING A 1042 00:27:47,819 --> 00:27:48,352 HEART ATTACK, AND THEY'RE NOT 1043 00:27:48,419 --> 00:27:50,455 LISTENING. 1044 00:27:50,521 --> 00:27:52,090 JUST TAKE OUT YOUR PHONE AND 1045 00:27:52,156 --> 00:27:53,091 SHOW YOUR DOCTOR THIS: 1046 00:27:53,157 --> 00:27:54,692 >> HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? 1047 00:27:54,759 --> 00:27:55,493 I'M HAVING A HEART ATTACK, BUT 1048 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:56,194 IT'S NOT LIKE... 1049 00:27:56,260 --> 00:27:58,963 [GROANS] 1050 00:27:59,030 --> 00:27:59,997 NO, IT'S A ‐‐ IT'S A LADY 1051 00:28:00,064 --> 00:28:01,232 HEART ATTACK. 1052 00:28:01,299 --> 00:28:09,040 I'M HAVING A LADY HEART ATTACK. 1053 00:28:09,107 --> 00:28:10,074 >> THEY'RE NOT SENDING THAT MAN 1054 00:28:10,141 --> 00:28:11,442 HOME! 1055 00:28:11,509 --> 00:28:12,777 THEY'RE NOT SENDING HIM HOME. 1056 00:28:12,844 --> 00:28:15,179 THEY'RE GIVING HIM AN EKG, AN 1057 00:28:15,246 --> 00:28:16,647 MRI, AND A BLT IF HE ASKS FOR 1058 00:28:16,714 --> 00:28:19,650 IT. 1059 00:28:19,717 --> 00:28:20,952 LOOK, IT'S NOT JUST 1060 00:28:21,018 --> 00:28:22,353 HEART ATTACKS. 1061 00:28:22,420 --> 00:28:24,122 I GOT LARRY TO RECORD MESSAGES 1062 00:28:24,188 --> 00:28:25,990 FOR EVERY OCCASION. 1063 00:28:26,057 --> 00:28:28,192 >> MY ELBOW HURTS WHEN I DO 1064 00:28:28,259 --> 00:28:29,260 THIS ‐‐ LIKE, LIKE A WHIPPING 1065 00:28:29,327 --> 00:28:30,094 MOTION. 1066 00:28:30,161 --> 00:28:32,296 MY KNEE, I CAN'T BEND IT. 1067 00:28:32,363 --> 00:28:34,098 I CANNOT SQUAT. 1068 00:28:34,165 --> 00:28:37,235 OY, MY UTERUS IS KILLING ME. 1069 00:28:37,301 --> 00:28:39,070 I'VE GOT SOME PESKY HORMONES 1070 00:28:39,137 --> 00:28:47,912 TODAY. 1071 00:28:47,979 --> 00:28:49,547 I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SAY THIS, 1072 00:28:49,614 --> 00:28:50,915 BUT MY SPEED 13 IS PRETTY MUCH 1073 00:28:50,982 --> 00:28:53,718 THE SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE'S. 1074 00:28:53,785 --> 00:28:54,919 IT'S HARD FOR ME TO EXPLAIN 1075 00:28:54,986 --> 00:28:55,887 WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY ASS, BUT 1076 00:28:55,953 --> 00:28:56,721 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING: 1077 00:28:56,788 --> 00:28:57,655 IT HURTS, OKAY? 1078 00:28:57,722 --> 00:28:59,123 SIDE TO SIDE AND THE CRACK. 1079 00:28:59,190 --> 00:28:59,991 AND IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF 1080 00:29:00,057 --> 00:29:00,925 IT'S COMING FROM THE CRACK AND 1081 00:29:00,992 --> 00:29:01,859 THAT'S WHY THE SIDES HURT OR IF 1082 00:29:01,926 --> 00:29:02,960 IT'S COMING FROM THE SIDES AND 1083 00:29:03,027 --> 00:29:05,863 THAT'S WHY THE CRACK HURTS. 1084 00:29:05,930 --> 00:29:07,698 OH, NO, I CAN'T GO SWIMMING. 1085 00:29:07,765 --> 00:29:09,901 I'VE GOT THE CURSE. 1086 00:29:09,967 --> 00:29:14,005 >> YEAH. 1087 00:29:14,071 --> 00:29:15,540 YOU CAN FIND ALL 1088 00:29:15,606 --> 00:29:18,776 OF THOSE AND MORE AT 1089 00:29:18,843 --> 00:29:20,111 WhatsLarrysProblem.com. 1090 00:29:20,178 --> 00:29:21,479 >> THAT'S SO GREAT, WANDA. 1091 00:29:21,546 --> 00:29:22,947 BUT LET ME JUST ASK QUICKLY, 1092 00:29:23,014 --> 00:29:23,548 WHAT IF A DOCTOR STILL IGNORES 1093 00:29:23,614 --> 00:29:24,615 YOU? 1094 00:29:24,682 --> 00:29:25,683 >> OH, DON'T WORRY. 1095 00:29:25,750 --> 00:29:26,984 I GOT LARRY TO RECORD THE 1096 00:29:27,051 --> 00:29:27,485 WHITE PERSON SEVEN‐WORD 1097 00:29:27,552 --> 00:29:28,319 MATING CALL. 1098 00:29:28,386 --> 00:29:30,154 CHECK IT OUT. 1099 00:29:30,221 --> 00:29:31,255 >> I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR 1100 00:29:31,322 --> 00:29:33,257 SUPERVISOR. 1101 00:29:33,324 --> 00:29:34,358 >> BOOM. 1102 00:29:34,425 --> 00:29:36,460 CONVERSATION OVER. 1103 00:29:36,527 --> 00:29:38,129 >> John: IT'S DONE. 1104 00:29:38,196 --> 00:29:40,464 IT'S ALL OVER. 1105 00:29:40,531 --> 00:29:43,534 THAT'S GREAT, WANDA. 1106 00:29:43,601 --> 00:29:45,036 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1107 00:29:45,102 --> 00:29:45,937 THAT'S OUR SHOW, THANKS SO MUCH 1108 00:29:46,003 --> 00:29:46,971 FOR WATCHING. 1109 00:29:47,038 --> 00:29:47,872 OUR THANKS TO LARRY DAVID AND 1110 00:29:47,939 --> 00:29:48,806 THE GREAT WANDA SYKES! 1111 00:29:48,873 --> 00:29:49,841 WE'RE OFF UNTIL SEPTEMBER 8. 1112 00:29:49,907 --> 00:29:50,908 GOOD NIGHT!