Thread for allies on #BlackintheIvory
Be this kind of a person. We know the existing level of power differential between faculty & students or trainees.
Now add #BlackintheIvory
Step up. Be an ally. Report on behalf even if not asked. If you see power abused, speak up.
Be this kind of a person. We know the existing level of power differential between faculty & students or trainees.
Now add #BlackintheIvory
Step up. Be an ally. Report on behalf even if not asked. If you see power abused, speak up.
As a doctor, need to be able to do one’s job. Also, a doctor is in a position to protect others, *if* role is recognized. #BlackintheIvory
Those prestige/hierarchy oriented, treat some people poorly
(I get mistaken for cleaning person or receptionist)
Those prestige/hierarchy oriented, treat some people poorly
(I get mistaken for cleaning person or receptionist)
Reporting on black student, trainees, & faculty #SoMe and #SciComm posts is higher - due to #implicitbias or overt racism
Black culture often offends
Institutions need to screen OUT frivolous reporting on black ppl - NOT assume fault
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Black culture often offends
Institutions need to screen OUT frivolous reporting on black ppl - NOT assume fault
#BlackintheIvory
Do not ask the black student or faculty to do the naming, even the reporting. Do it yourself
And expect there to be consequences you have to bear as real (not performative) allyship involves some sacrifice. Can fracture relationships
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And expect there to be consequences you have to bear as real (not performative) allyship involves some sacrifice. Can fracture relationships
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This goes all the more if a licensed clinician. If a black academic clinician, it can be an experience of constant police state.
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No matter how accomplished or successful, even a 2nd generation @harvardmed graduate, the “police state” of surveillance/censorship can drive out as per @uche_blackstock
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#BlackExcellence
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Being a trailblazer like this is *not* easy as a woman + black, as a Black woman.
How many academics talk of #impostersyndrome even without the experience of racial bias at play?
That is the problem: own anxiety blocks allyship
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How many academics talk of #impostersyndrome even without the experience of racial bias at play?
That is the problem: own anxiety blocks allyship
#BlackintheIvory
Assumed to only have physical prowess is a racial trope - not a compliment when the flip side is fear of a black man resulting in physical violence against black men.
#BlackExcellence includes brilliant brains and intellect.
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#BlackExcellence includes brilliant brains and intellect.
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#BlackExcellence wins prizes and awards, which means doing the work.
Many discount the merit by assuming “diversity” is the reason.
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Many discount the merit by assuming “diversity” is the reason.
#BlackintheIvory
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#MedEd
This is far too common. It is performative - but only for limited audiences.
It extracts effort, time, creativity from faculty & students when leadership has failed to create buy in or take an ethical stance.
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It extracts effort, time, creativity from faculty & students when leadership has failed to create buy in or take an ethical stance.
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Being seen and treated like an intruder when in one’s appropriate place. Then feeling at risk, needing to alter oneself rather than feel protected.
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Objectified & used as example by faculty in official class. This is not only traumatizing, but also laziness on the part of faculty
No, take the time to create case studies for your curriculum and adhere to standards
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No, take the time to create case studies for your curriculum and adhere to standards
#BlackintheIvory
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Not assessed correctly using measurable and verifiable metrics like publications. If facts were verified and assessed fairmindedly, #BlackExcellence would be recognized.
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The existing imbalance in #research, the gaps in research in minority, specifically black, populations not recognized
If disparities at baseline
Then focus black populations, by black researchers, is appropriate and needed
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#education
If disparities at baseline
Then focus black populations, by black researchers, is appropriate and needed
#BlackintheIvory
#education
Please educate yourself reading all #BlackintheIvory
Reflect
Dig deep
Hold yourself accountable
Hold others accountable
Commit to uncomfortable growth
Commit to accepting harm to self to be an authentic ally
@ETSshow #podcast @DrJCoftheDC
#MedTwitter
explorethespaceshow.com/podcasting/jas…
Reflect
Dig deep
Hold yourself accountable
Hold others accountable
Commit to uncomfortable growth
Commit to accepting harm to self to be an authentic ally
@ETSshow #podcast @DrJCoftheDC
#MedTwitter
explorethespaceshow.com/podcasting/jas…
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