Thread by @SarooSharda_MD

On vacation but still 🤔 about equity,justice,oppression

🤔about how BIPOC folks speak of

disappointment
frustration
fatigue

when #EDI initiatives that aim to disrupt are overturned @CMA_Docs

while others use the words

surprise
shock
“at least it’s a start”

1/

The stark contrast in words is because

those who live this

for whom lack of #EDI is deeply personal, lived&often traumatic

are exhausted

but we are most definitely

NOT

surprised

because

we know

that those who hold power do not wish to rebalance/redistribute

2/

we also know that healthcare is deeply racist and still (in 2021)

centres whiteness,
heteronormativity, maleness and able-bodies

and yet also believes that physicians are “neutral” and always “objective”

when we continue to centre this,how can we possibly shift&transform?

3/

as I oscillate between despair&anger (#CMAagm; stories about white folks who are completely under qualified still being interviewed over highly qualified Black folks; a white man w a column in a prestigious paper writing about Indian food as monolithic and inherently flawed)

4/

I also remember that

change
disruption
transformation

bring w them

the discomfort&anger of those so desperately clinging to an old and known narrative

that fear often overtakes humility

that compassion&patience can exist alongside

challenging
pushing
resisting

5/

So we continue to

do the work

speak up

advocate

resist

disrupt

all at risk to ourselves

but with the knowledge that

we are in community

and that the community grows

talks

connects

collaborates

&will continue to do so

we are the story

we are the change

6/

we are the leaders

and the followers

and we can be loud

and quiet

strong

and

calm

but

we will NOT

accept the status quo

for ourselves

our patients

our learners 7/

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