Ok, can my fellow #Millennials collectively admit that the American School system FAILED US ALL by not teaching us about the #TulsaRaceMassacre when we were coming up?

It's really messed up.
I had to learn about Tulsa on my own, in my late 20s--despite attending a well-funded Public School system 👀

...Then there's the additional 11 years of Post-Graduate Education during which I never heard a peep about Tulsa 👀
That's really bad.

Why? Because we LEGITIMATELY cannot have a coherent conversation about the current state of race relations in America if you do not understand what happened at Tulsa.

...It's a critical piece of the picture.
If you are have read this far, and do not know about the #TulsaMassacre, please stop now and educate yourself.

Here. I'll even help you get going...

So no excuses!! 👇🏾
Watch this video from our Supreme Queen, Ms. #OprahWinfrey immediately.

This just dropped and it is PHENOMENAL.

And after you watch, keep reading and learning until you understand.

Then, let's talk.

#antiracism #antiracism101

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6 Jun
Let’s be clear.

#Hustle culture is just #capitalism repackaged to be acceptable to Millennials.

🧵
2/ The current set of power elites are trying to sell us the idea that if we just work ourselves to DEATH until we’re 65, then we will have finally “earned” the right to rest and happiness.

Uhhh….no.

We are all worthy of those things TODAY.

Especially Black women.
3/ Capitalism can only exist as long as it has a pool of people it can extract labor and talent from.

Racism & sexism are systems that create a consistent pool of dehumanized labor to exploit without raising alarm.

Therefore, Racism, Sexism & Capitalism are inextricably linked.
Read 5 tweets
27 May
BREAKING: Unsurprisingly, some fragile white male SNOWFLAKE members of the @AmerMedicalAssn, are highly triggered by the racial progress represented in the AMA’s strategic plan on health equity.

And now they are in the midst of a full blown tantrum 👀🙄

...Seriously?

🧵
2/ The good news? The white supremacist element of the AMA has FINALLY showed their hands.

Spoiler: the issue is not just in JAMA leadership....

It’s everywhere.

These toxic ppl have control of our field and will fight to keep it at any cost.

...That’s what this tantrum is.
3/ Btw, we’ve seen what they’ve done with their control of Medicine to date:

Let Black and brown people die in droves without a PEEP... and exploited Black and brown healthcare workers and trainees for their own economic and sociopolitical gain.
Read 19 tweets
25 May
I don’t know who needs to hear this but doing the same thing “because we’ve always done it this way” is not a legitimate reason to keep a broken system in place.

Especially if the way “you’ve always done it”....

SUCKS.

- A message from the frontline for today’s “leaders”

✌🏾
I’m looking at you in particular healthcare c-suite/managers/supervisors or anyone in positions of power in healthcare orgs/med schools/residencies etc 👀👀👀

This stance is ubiquitous in healthcare. And it’s killing innovation.
Btw, prolly the people around you either don’t know anything about what I’m talking because they are equally as disconnected as you are OR they don’t feel safe enough to tell you ✌🏾

Either reality represents a complete failure of leadership 👀 🤷🏾‍♀️
Read 5 tweets
15 May
Minding my own business shopping and a middle-aged white woman asked me if I work there.

When I looked at her blankly and answered back in a deadpan voice “no”, she giggled it off and said “I was just wondering where to put this shirt back”.

But I’m a bad person if I go off.
Kicking myself for not saying “I’m a physician” and letting her die of embarrassment.

But something tells me she wouldn’t even have the decency to be embarrassed.

Most of these types don’t.
Stop asking Black people why they are angry.

I can’t even shop in peace.
Read 4 tweets
6 Apr
Get this.

Last night I, along with a coalition of Black physicians, met with the President and Senior Leadership of the AMA.

Here’s what went down:

A thread.
2/ They held their cards close. They started on the defense.

I expected that.

Most white folks clam up when Black folks enter the room meaning business.

They tend to assume the worst of us.

An MD doesn’t stop that.
3/ The theme of the conversation was straight talk, no chaser.

We told them, to start, that it wasn’t acceptable to distance themself from what happened at @JAMA_current.

JAMA is their house. If JAMA missteps, they are accountable.

The need for accountability was a big theme.
Read 18 tweets
26 Feb
1/ You know it really is a trip that Black folks understand the racism of white folks more than white folks understand it themselves.

And yet here we are.....

A 🧵 for white folks.
2/ FACT: We know you better than you know yourselves.

Wanna know why?

Because we have to survive your racism every single day.

It sucks.
3/ It’s also ironic that you all ask US how to end racism.

...huh?

You built it.

You have all the power.

FIGURE IT OUT.
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