Thread by @DrJRMarcelin

#DNRTulane is rocking my timeline.

Real talk, as a residency APD, I debated whether I should comment. I don’t have these problems in my current role, so maybe I should stay quiet.

But I read the entire court doc and cried. Cuz as a Black woman in academia, I am Dr. Dennar.

https://twitter.com/rebekah_roll/status/1360249917256704003

This could easily be me, at any point in my career, and I would want someone to speak up for me. If we’re being honest, there’s things I’m not ready to talk about in my career that already HAVE happened before I came to Nebraska, and I had no one to speak up for me.

So yea, I’m speaking up and saying that what we are seeing with #DNRTulane is structural racism in action. What we are seeing is silencing of #BlackWomeninMedicine and #HBCU discrimination. Do not look away. This is happening. All. The. Time. Everywhere.

Dr. Dennar was a FOD #FirstOnlyDifferent and she was targeted, systematically discriminated against, and pushed out. Her story is not unique. This story may make some angry, and rightly so. For me, my emotion is a sense of impending doom...is this inevitable for all of us?

I live and breathe to teach and grow young doctors. I don’t want to leave academic medicine. But for those who stay, is this the price we will all eventually have to pay? is it worth it? Who will stand up for us? Where are the white coats for Black lives? Where are the allies?

After the requisite social media outrage, what will you do? Don’t ask me what u should do, I am tired. Tired of saying trust Black women, believe Black women, uplift Black women, pay Black women, listen to Black women. Black women just want to live. In peace. As our whole selves.

Today it’s #DNRTulane. Tomorrow will be someone or something else. If you are in a position of privilege, if you have the power to grow doctors or recruit faculty, how will this change the way you approach this process? Will you speak up at the next meeting? I’ll wait...

To the brave students speaking up, despite possible risk as you go through the match, I hear you. To other programs speaking up, good for you. To the faculty sharing this with their colleagues, thank you. To all my Black fam in solidarity, I see you. To Dr. Dennar, I’m with you.