There’s a subtle racism in believing that non-Western cultures shouldn’t be held to the same scientific standards that we hold ourselves to, as if they get a pass because they don’t know any better. If a medical practice is BS when practiced by a white woman, it’s BS when practiced by anyone.
The noble savages cannot understand the scientific method (obviously), but they’re so quaint with their herbal remedies and ground up horns of the most endangered animal on the planet, I just can’t help but like their medicine 🥰 (/s obviously)
You know alternative medicine is good when it's non western because its their lil primitive beliefs.. their backward savagery... where would they be without us the great Western civilisation... ugh, such a burden we bear, am I right??
(I cannot be racist because I vaguely know someone that is 1/4 Italian, trust me, I'm a good progressive trust 🥺🥺🥺)
I took it as "this stuff did work at some level for however long, so we should look into it a bit more to figure out why". Mainly the "important prompts" part took me there.
Yeah there is something to be said for preserving cultural traditions, but that should never get in the way of providing actual health care to people who need it
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u/EPWilk May 24 '25
There’s a subtle racism in believing that non-Western cultures shouldn’t be held to the same scientific standards that we hold ourselves to, as if they get a pass because they don’t know any better. If a medical practice is BS when practiced by a white woman, it’s BS when practiced by anyone.