This business is practicing Discriminatory procedures.
I entered the Kedrion Plasma center, Address 8989 sut#100 Dallas,Tx 75243, on July 22, 2021 between the hours of 9:00a.m. and 11:00a.m.
I provided them with two forms of I.D. and proof of residence.
The KedPlasma personnel then instructed me to thoroughly review the information in a Binder with health facts and other basic deferral knowledge.
In this Binder it states
"A recent tattoo may affect your eligibility to donate for a period of 4 months up to 12 months, depending on the state in which the tattoo was applied. You may be eligible to donate if your tattoos are older."
After reviewing the information in the binder I was instructed to watch a 20 minute video that basically reiterated the information given in the Health Binder.
After the video then came a 50+ questionnaire that I accurately completed.
Then came the Health screening that was given to me by an impeccably courteous staff member by the name of Aseel. After passing the Screening I met with the Physician, a very colorful woman by the name of Brandi, with a tattoo of a Caterpillar on one ear and a Butterfly on the other.
As a part of the physical she had to log all of my tattoos in detail so they would be able to tell if I ever received any new tattoos in the future.
Which makes complete sense because hepatitis can be received through dirty needles that could possibly come from a tattoo, but my tattoos are 8 years old and healthy.
After logging the tattoos on my forearms we came to the one on my left pectoral and then Brandi the Physician stated
"It is the Policy of KedPlasma to deny anyone with a gang tattoo."
I am a 27 year old black male that has been denied an opportunity to donate plasma at their facility not because of my health but because my tattoo is GANG RELATED.
I have donated at the CSL Plasma and Octapharma Plasma centers with these same tattoos and was not denied.
What my tattoo says should not determine the value of the person that who is donating.
This is the clearest practice of discrimination I have ever endured and I deeply believe that "Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are."
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