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PSA from a #BlackWomaninMedicine to all planners of stuff:

For any event, panel, meeting, or conference you're planning, I'm asking that you specifically task someone with looking at all of your materials to confirm that you are consistent with titles.

Here's why:
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It's not unusual to see a flyer that offers a full title for say, a non-minority male person beside a truncated/wrong one for say, a Black woman. Or a title with all honorifics for one person but something more ambiguous for the other.

Do I think it's malicious? Nah.

But.
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It's too common. And it's not super affirming when you've worked really hard to get where you are against a lot of built-in obstacles.

So. I'm asking everyone who is over planning anything to start checking. I'm imploring you to assign someone the task of making sure.

Yup.
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