Angelina Jolie has received many mixed opinions citing the story of her adopted daughter Zahara’s recent surgery.
Recently, Angelina Jolie had an article published in Time magazine as a contributing editor. With this article, a rare Hollywood star expressed her personal views on life as a mother of 6 multi-ethnic children.
Accordingly, Angelina interviewed medical student Malone Mukwende about his initiative to close the gap in medical knowledge for people of color. Specifically, Mukwende is known for creating the “Mind the Gap” handbook, which compiles photos and information about various medical conditions on non-white skin tones, helping to solve the problem. The problem is that most medical books ignore how to recognize skin diseases on black and brown skin.
Angelina Jolie is a contributing editor at Time magazine.
In her post, the “Maleficent” star expressed sympathy for this issue. She revealed she struggled to find medical advice for her children from different backgrounds. “I know when my children have a rash. They have distinctly different appearances depending on skin color. But whenever I look at medical charts, the reference point is always white skin,” she shared.
She pointed out the reality in the American medical profession that most of the images and data used in teaching are based on studies from white patients. According to her, this can lead to misdiagnosis, harm the patient’s body and even lead to death.
Angelina became fully aware of this inadequacy when her adopted daughter Zahara was hospitalized for surgery last year. “Recently, my daughter, Zahara, whom I adopted from Ethiopia, had surgery. Then a nurse told me to notify them if her skin turned pink,” she said.
Angelina was not satisfied with the nurse’s treatment because Zahara was black, so recognizing changes in her skin was not easy.
Angelina believes that the medical profession in America is racist from the experience of taking her daughter Zahara to surgery.
Angelina Jolie’s shares in the article have caused quite a fierce debate in the online community. Many people believe that Zahara is racially discriminated against because the medical profession, which is meant to save lives, still has reprehensible shortcomings. Others expressed sympathy for the 46-year-old actress as she takes care of 6 children alone, each with different circumstances.
However, many people mocked Brat Pitt’s ex-wife for “making up stories”. According to them, Angelina is a person who has money and can afford to pay for the best medical services for her children, so something absurd like she said could not happen. Someone pointed out that the Jolie-Pitt children are no longer babies, they are all 12 years old or older, there is no reason for them not to know when they feel unwell. Even a person who went to medical school affirmed that he had never heard about skin color discrimination when he was in the classroom. “Disease does not discriminate against skin color,” this person emphasized.
Currently, Angelina has not responded to the mixed opinions from netizens. Recently, the paparazzi caught a 7x “girl” with Zahara shopping on Madison Avenue (New York, USA). She and her children have yet to return to Los Angeles since embarking on a birthday trip to the “Big Apple” earlier this month.