The US Without Diversity, Without Immigrants

So today was one of those awful wearing days caused by me neglecting a minor medical problem and having it balloon into something worse. The details of the medical issue are boring but the interactions are what’s important. Starting with my doctor’s office in suburban MD. The pleasant nurse who checked my temp, blood pressure, etc., was a POC with a fairly heavy accent — not sure where she is from originally but clearly an immigrant. My doctor is a WASP but her spouse, the other doctor in the practice,...