What is the image and coloring of “an angel” or “a cherub”?
Not a Black child. These are powerful images that inform how people view and then treat children
Who is “innocent”?
Ask any advertiser. Images are powerful and change behavior
There is suspension and punishment of Black girls and boys as early as age 3 called “preschool to prison pipeline”
What happens when the place you are supposed to go to grow, develop, expand, play, take risks
...is a place you are seen (and told you are) bad? Criminalized?
Black children with learning disabilities whose needs are not recognized or met, get frustrated in school, are criminalized, even cases of excessive force in restraint that can physically and psychologically harm a child
Add to that, #pediatricians are mandatory reporters on many issues. We know #fostercare has disproportionate number of black & brown children
No it is not “what is wrong with ‘their culture’” as one nurse asked me when I was explaining racial disparities in healthcare
In hospitals there may be an entire research center dedicated to disparities like this
while bedside clinicians at the same institution unaware, biased & think citing that research from the same institution is “political” if incorporated on rounds
Right questions: What is wrong with a system that selectively destroys some families because of cultural chauvinism and wrong assumptions?
If I am part of that system, then how am *I* party to harm?
When I cannot be sure I do more good than harm, I have left jobs and systems
#SoMe & #Medatwitter should be space where women & minorities can thrive & be expressive, as compared to the Carly Fiorina strip club example of gated sexist access
Thought provoking piece in @Forbes on cultural chauvinism to policing of expression
@ErinMarieMHCMEd@danpreston@JoshuaMZeitz@AmandaMarcotte All of this was already tested out vs American Muslims - the country was just fine with it. Regardless of what you think of the dad, killing/executing American citizen children by drone, along with father, should have been a big red flag on due process.
@ErinMarieMHCMEd@danpreston@JoshuaMZeitz@AmandaMarcotte ~Half of Americans approve of/support torture. The idea is you can use profiling/bias to assume someone is a terrorist or sympathizes with terrorists, assume has information, torture them first, then retroactively justify violation of human rights.
pandemic killed >1 million dead but CDC has removed mask mandate & FL just refused to order vaccines=no interest in saving lives/prevention 9/11 killed 3K➡️police state
I think I need to go to law school. It might be a bit late to be #RBG & make it to SCOTUS… but seriously, it is all about the courts, the law, legal precedents.
Or maybe I just need to make myself small/silent enough to be able to fit into a government job again?
As hard as it is for me to stay in government long term given all the regulations that box you in/tie you up
plus needing to be a public servant to serve every taxpayer, even the ones you don’t agree with/like
Despite that, you *can* have an impact…small things at scale matter
There are times like this I want to be a cat & have 9 lives because there SO too many things I want to do…
…even though other times I am like, okay, how long exactly am I supposed to serve in this life because I am exhausted. (Albeit I did just recover from anemia.)
For the first time in my life I felt unsafe doing #GOTV & got personally targeted & my photo posted on a QAnon type site.
More appalling was how many on #healthcare & #academia, if you are connected on social media like FB, are pro-violence & anti-rule of law & support J6.
We *need* the ppl who typically enjoy more safety to step up. It feels “ick” to report, like you are an informant in Nazi Germany or something, but it is opposite: being “nice” & “not controversial” & “let’s all get along”
➡️empowers bullies
Anyone who did not see this coming does not understand #tech…(which includes people who design #AI).
“Important nuances were lost in translation when a rule commonly used to measure disparate impacts on protected groups in hiring was codified for easy-to-use tools…AI fairness”
Every time I see “our #AI will solve bias! Give us your #DEI budget!” win an #innovation award, accelerator, #hackathon I feel exhausted…
institutions would rather purchase ineffective & worsening-the-problem #tech than hard work of holding ppl accountable or change culture
And this is how #DEI - how currently approached - is ineffective & wastes money because a small amount of money is thrown at it with zero/minimal real hard work & unwillingness to be uncomfortable. Hence these bills: amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/01/19…
When will we admit that “clash of civilizations” of Islamophobia narrative is not only false but dangerous. “War on Terror”=waging war vs Muslims but #J6 & #BuffaloMassacre reveal terror is not one religion. When Muslims are “legit” targets…that supremacist hate spreads further.
The “Great Replacement” is an extension of “Clash of Civilizations” that conflict/war is “inevitable” between “different” humans defined by race or religion. It dehumanizes some humans as “less than” or “threat.” Once you label as such, violence follows. vox.com/science-and-he…