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@RitikaGoelTO
Jun 25, 2020 • 6 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X
#BREAKING: Today I joined doctors (@DrsDefundPolice) sending a letter to Toronto City Hall to address the public health crisis of policing. We want to stop anti-Black & anti-Indigenous racism, #DefundThePolice and re-allocate funds to resource communities. #sdoh #BlackLivesMatter ImageImageImage
As a physician, I took an oath to improve the health of the communities I serve. Today, with
@DrsDefundPolice, I call on Toronto City Hall to STOP systemic racism in policing, listen to Black, Indigenous, trans, poor, disabled communities and #DefundThePolice now! #topoli #sdoh
I have worked with various marginalized communities in Toronto for over 10 years. During that time, I have hesitated to call police on many occasions knowing that my patients could be further traumatized, criminalized, hurt or even killed. This is not OK. #DefundthePolice #topoli
We should not have to worry that people with mental illness will be killed during a wellness check.

We need non-police alternatives to mental health crisis response and emergency response NOW.

#DefundthePolice #BlackLivesMatter #IndigenousLivesMatter #MigrantLivesMatter #sdoh
If Black ppl, Indigenous ppl, immigrants, LGBTQ folks, poor folks, people who use drugs, people with mental illness, sex workers, survivors of sexual assault all feel dismissed or afraid the police will hurt them, who do they serve and protect?

#DefundThePolice #topoli
Join us tonight, June 25th, for an incredible live panel of speakers 5-7PM on defunding the police, anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, and public health. The panel can be accessed via the following link:
us02web.zoom.us/j/89938221066 #DefundThePolice #blacklivesmatter #topoli Image

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Feb 7, 2022
Sending love today to Jewish people for seeing images of Swastikas all week.

Sending love today to Black people for seeing images of Confederate flags all week.

Sending love today to Indigenous people for seeing appropriation and mockery of ceremonies all week. /1
Sending love today to all my fellow POC, migrants, Muslim folks, queer, trans and non-binary folks, disabled people and other minoritized people who are no doubt feeling terrorized knowing white supremacist neo-Nazis hate us too. /2
One group has simultaneously evoked terror in so many. This is how right wing extremism operates. They see us demanding our rights as a threat to their power. And remember that they ally with the political parties who most seek to end progressive policies of social solidarity. /3
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Sep 30, 2021
Speaking to fellow non-Indigenous people in Canada today, including fellow racialized people and immigrants, because despite our own challenges, whether we like it or not, we all have and continue to benefit from the colonization of Indigenous Peoples' land. /1
I moved to Canada at age 13 to start high school. I made it all the way to medical school before I really heard anything about Indigenous Peoples. I literally did not know they "still" existed on this land. I am ashamed to admit this, but it is also *not* a coincidence. /2
Making Indigenous Peoples at the least invisible, and *ideally* non-existent has always been the goal of the colonial project. This shows up clearly documented again and again in the history of Canada. /3
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Apr 22, 2021
***Doug Ford's announcement is NOT paid sick days!*** Paid sick days come through legislation requiring employers to provide days where a worker can be off sick, and get paid. Ford is "working on" sick pay, which is something you would have to apply for and wait for. #onpoli
Ford is using confusing language to make it sound like he is bringing paid sick days, but this is NOT the actual legislation we need. Please continue to call Doug Ford's office and Conservative MPPs to tell them we need **10 permanent employer-provided paid sick days**. #onpoli
Do not forget - we HAD legislated paid sick days - advocates and communities fought very hard to get legislation passed under @Kathleen_Wynne - and Ford *immediately* repealed them in 2018. He is putting politics before people's lives. #onpoli #covid19
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Nov 26, 2020
Powerful people know that in order to enslave, colonize, criminalize, restrict movement, extract labour, invade - you *must* dehumanize those you seek to oppress - or else it will just be seen as what it is - violence. The most humanity is always granted to those at the top.
This phenomenon is important because it is the way people who have privilege but may not be in positions of power participate in oppression. Convincing the dominant group that others are “below you” because they are less deserving of humanity is key to continued oppression.
History is full of ordinary people who got up in the morning, went to work, loved their children, cared for their families and friends, and also participated in and benefited from oppression of people whose humanity had been denied, so their suffering mattered less.
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Sep 30, 2020
Today, as we drop off our kids worrying about #COVID19, remember that for 100 years, Indigenous parents had their kids taken by force “for their own good” to schools where they were denied their culture, insulted, beaten, not treated when sick and *half* died. #OrangeShirtDay2020
The last residential school closed in 1996. This is not ancient history. Many survivors walk amongst us today. Many families were irreparably harmed and so many children became adults denied a childhood. The immense trauma reverberates to this day. #OrangeShirtDay2020
In case you wonder whether our former governments and bureaucrats had good intentions that went wrong, rather than clearly racist and colonial ones, here are quotes from the Prime Minister and Duncan Campbell Scott the administrator re: residential schools. #OrangeShirtDay2020
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Sep 22, 2020
Almost every new South Asian parent I know has named their child based on how the name will be pronounced in white Western society. I eliminated 1000s of names for this reason. This is what it looks like to have a dominant culture shape your every move. Our children’s very names.
Tip: If you're not sure how to pronounce a name (this happens to me on the regular seeing patients) just say, "I'm sorry. How do you pronounce your name?" - while this may feel uncomfortable, it shows you're willing to prioritize someone else's dignity over your own comfort.
Some have asked why people don't just name their kids whatever they want. This is because we inherently know the power the dominant group holds - one small extensively studied example is how names on identical resumes determine rate of callbacks: utoronto.ca/news/applying-…
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