Thank you @waynemedicine for this press release!
bit.ly/2ZiSIA0

“Racism in medicine has “deep historical roots in white supremacy & anti-Blackness, particularly the pathologizing of Black bodies through pseudoscientific claims of the biological significance ‘race,’…” Image
Despite our understanding of race as a sociopolitical construct , it continues to be incorrectly conflated with ‘genetic ancestry in research & clinical practice which informs policy, norms, & culture and fuels the fire of disparities in multiple domains.
bit.ly/3vDwKDu
“Those roots…have developed branches that continue to reach into medical science & medicine to this day, particularly in the ways science frames racial health disparities as a result of biological differences among racial categories.” & as an independent risk factor for disease.

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25 Oct
Good morntint!
So………how are these “DEI” “Microaggression” trainings going? 💅🏾💅🏾💅🏾
Because when super white, male, DOCTORS claim to be 1️⃣microaggressed against 2️⃣Because a (Black Womxn) patient exerted their right to the quality of care they deserve3️⃣ w/ No apology or correction or learning after being corrected by Black & minoritized folks….
…something has gone very awry upstream & downstream.

Once again, ya cain’t train away racism, ya cain’t train away classism, ya cain’t train away patriarchy, ya cain’t train away misogynoir, etc. And ya cain’t replace “Racism”, “white supremacy”, “whiteness”,…
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10 May
To be a Black physician is to constantly wear multiple hats at once. It is to be both healer AND advocate. It is to know medicine AND history AND politics AND psychology AND sociology AND communications. It is to be an expert in complexity science & an innovations savant.

1/
It’s barely 1/2 the day rounding on a Monday on a new team & in addition to taking care of patients & teaching, I already had to:
1️⃣Disabuse my team of race-based medicine aka scientific racism as they tried to use race to determine blood pressure medications for a patient

2/
2️⃣Advocate for patient autonomy & the right for one of our patients to obtain certain information about his care so he can be aware of what’s happening in relation to his health and make certain informed decisions & to not be put in potential harm’s way.

3/
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Reflective 🧵
1/ Oftentimes when asked to give a talk or when writing a paper, there is a significant expectation, pressure even, to also incorporate solutions.
"What can we do to change this problem".
It's like, "Don't leave us with this dreadful feeling. Uplift us.
2/ Help us "feel better".

TELL US WHAT CAN BE DONE!

And I've always felt uncomfortable with this.

Why this rush to ram through a problem so as to jump to solutions. How do you solve what you don't understand. Especially if it is a problem you yourself participate in.
3/ In his work, "Rage and Hope", Paolo Freire argues that without reflection, there can be no commitment to transformation, action is empty. Critical reflection is "critical" to transformative praxis. Reflection/Introspection must form the core of action for sustainable change.
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#MedTwitter 🧵

As a doctor, there are a few things more therapeutic than to sit quietly with a patient while they grieve.
While they sorrow.
While they hurt.

Just be present.
As an empathetic witness.
And quietly affirm their humanity.
And yours.

1/
We do not always have to have the answer.
We do not always have to “fix” it.

That’s ok.

But we can always connect.
And be in relationship.
And be in community.
With our patients.
And each other.
And our own selves.

2/
I had to remind myself of this yesterday as I bore witness to the grief of a patient
Who lost all her property in a house fire.
None of her family was stepping up to help.
She was in physical, emotional, and spiritual pain.
And she was angry.
Rightfully so.

3/
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You know when you wake up and your day starts with violence?
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2⃣"Oh, I don't know...none of our previous speakers have asked and it's only for an hour and virtual."
***Cue music change to violence

"Only 1 hr" and "virtual"?????

Chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiile! But for the grace of GAWD!
3⃣So, I had to lovingly & kindly remind friend that
🔅1 hr is not "only"
🔅In 1hr, I can see patients, do an interview,
teach/coach/mentor, and put out 3 fires - all of which
are compensated labor
🔅Speaking is labor
🔅Compensation isn't just for the time per se...
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I need it to be clear that this pathological intentional fear of brown skin is not a commentary about anything being wrong with us - our bodies, our minds, our ways, our joy.

It is rooted in this pathological invention of the identity/idea/ideology of whiteness.

1/
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2/
Intrinsic to justifying this way of being is to establish non-white “others” as inherently (biologically & culturally) inferior, in fact, sub-human. Thus, deserving of genocide, terrorism, destruction, rape, desecration, murder, poverty, hunger, pain, suffering. Bombs.

3/
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