Does it have to take a national movement against racism for the discrimination BIPOC women face in medicine to be taken seriously?
Does it have to take a national movement for “all these disparities women face in the workplace are worse for intersectional women” to move from a one-liner in #DEI work to the forefront and for #SystemicRacism to be relevant in the women in medicine movement?
When Black women spoke up about the discrimination we face and asked for allies to hold systems and institutions accountable, why is our go to answer “academia takes time?”
Why is there more urgency for the gender pay gap, #manels, and women in leadership positions but not for the #SystemicRacism BIPOC women face?
It shouldn’t have had to take the death of Black people, both on camera and in our hospitals for #BlackWomeninMedicine #latinxinmedicine #docswithdisabilities or any other marginalized groups to be prioritized but here we are...
Grand gestures of allyship always take me back to this....
What’s going to happen with the spotlight is no longer on #SystemicRacism?
What’s going to happen when no one is looking?
Will we be prioritized?
Or are we going back to “Now’s not the time?”
What’s going to happen when no one is looking?
Will we be prioritized?
Or are we going back to “Now’s not the time?”
