Well, I guy I knew, who worked in a university library, when I was a student, said to me, "You have to do what's right for you, and I agree that your mother shouldn't do some of what she does, but her reasons for not wanting to see an Asian doctor might not be racism, but the fact that an Asian doctor may have a different diet and things like that so she feels she can better relate to a local."
I, on the other hand, am different and I find that I can better relate to a female doctor and can better relate to an Asian doctor.
My father once said that my ankylosing spondylitis might not be something that's common in the Asian community, and to that I say two things. Being Australian Aboriginal, Chinese or from the Pacific Islands or the Indian subcontinent can make you more susceptible to Type Two Diabetes but there are plenty of people walking around with Type Two Diabetes who have no Australian Aboriginal, Chinese, Pacific Islander or Indian subcontinent background, or if they do, it's very small. Secondly, ankylosing spondylitis may not be common in the Asian community, but, a) many doctors will not see a case of ankylosing spondylitis, or if they do, it will be only one or two, during their professional lives, and, b) Taiwanese musician, Jay Chou, also has ankylosing spondylitis. So, by my father's logic, at the time, does that mean that someone who is half-Swedish and half-Scottish who lives in Australia who develops Type Two Diabetes should change to an Asian doctor? Well, if they need an endocrinologist, their GP MIGHT (my parents' current GP has referred my father to several Asian doctors) say, "There's a good endocrinologist, and it's Dr Chau," for instance. Some might jump up and down and say they want someone else, but others, and I mean rational people, might be happy to say, "Yeah, okay, my GP's Caucasian and has referred me to an Asian endocrinologist. The GP says they're good," and be happy with that.
I will say, also, that my kidney specialist is a real keeper, as she has autistic family members and understands me.