Arun V. J: The Most Racist Cell In The Human Body is The Red Blood Cell
Arun V. J, The Leader of Transfusion Medicine at Malabar Medical College, posted on LinkedIn:
“The Most Racist Cell In The Human Body Is The Red Blood Cell.
I said what I said.
I Have Proof.
During maturation, the RBC literally ejects its own nucleus.
Destroys its mitochondria.
Dismantles its ribosomes.
Every organelle that gives a cell identity, memory, and the ability to adapt — gone. On purpose.
It even loses the ability to repair itself.
In return, it gets one thing:
- More space for haemoglobin.
- More oxygen per cell.
- Maximum efficiency for a single task.
120 days. 250 million haemoglobin molecules per cell. 700 times around the body.
Then it dies, unreplaced by itself, because it has no nucleus left to divide.
But it does a good job too
- Oxygen transport
- CO2 transport
- Buffering blood pH
- Nitric oxide transport
- Blood viscosity and rheology
- Immune modulation
- Band 3 protein and the cytoskeleton
Brilliant design.
Terrible leadership model.
Because some teams are built exactly this way.
Difference is removed early.
Conformity is rewarded.
Anyone who questions the system, thinks sideways, or carries a different kind of knowledge gets quietly squeezed out.
What remains is fast, uniform, and completely unable to respond when conditions change.
The RBC survives because the bone marrow keeps making new ones.
Most organisations don’t have that luxury.
In transfusion medicine we understand this instinctively.
A single blood group cannot serve every patient.
Compatibility matters.
Diversity isn’t a philosophy here — it’s a clinical requirement.
We just forget to apply it to the people we hire.”
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