In *2016*
"In short, medical students held unsubstantiated beliefs about anatomical and physiological differences between supposed “races.” Many of these students thought that Black skin was thicker than white, that Black individuals age more slowly than white, and that Black nerve endings were less sensitive than white."
@cyrilpedia Unbelievable. I thought this was put to bed 50 years ago. A dentist friend did once say that Afro Caribbean folk can have brittle teeth and it meant taking special care doing extractions, but that’s just being a decent human.