Let's get constuctive, not destructive

In New Zealand some the media are telling us the some Maori like to call the health system racist. They say their needs aren't being met.

Now let's just think about this a moment.

1. Some individual people may be racist, but how can you call a system racist when all it tries to do is help the sick.

2. No system is perfect, and people from all backgrounds probably feel at some stage or another that their local hospital doesn't quite meet their needs.

3. How is calling the system racist help anyone? Think about it a bit. Whether it's meant to or not, all talk like this is going to do is make a lot of good, caring, hard working nurses upset. Nurses take this personally, at least every single nurse I've worked with does.

4. Wouldn't it be more constructive to say "Hey, we've got a big problem with whatever..." be it with drinking, smoking, diet, access to health, heart disease etc. And then say "What can be done to solve these problems?"