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Jun 13 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Soo, the Idaho white supremacists...
I can't tell you the # times I've been invited to #VetMed things in Coeur d'Alene.

I always say no. Never been, no plans to go. I hear they are both gorgeous. I also hear that they are unsafe for folks like me.
Black woman, mom to a queer person. Nope not going to Idaho, tho I'm sure there are also lovely people there. A former dean discouraged stopping anywhere when I had to drive thru one time; that spoke volumes!

It's the no for me.
So then I wondered, why is there such a connection to this place (& a few others) in #VetMed?

Who made those decision & how long ago? Who's reviewing them now?
Idaho being a hot spot for White nationalists & other interesting folks is not new news -- IYKYK

Does anyone think abt this or how BIPOC & queer members might feel when continuing to plan events there?
I don't support all out travel bans, but if you are organizationally committed to DEIB, then I hope you think about the environments where you hold your mtgs & whether they are psychologically & physically safe places for all of your members.
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Jan 17
As you get to posting all the tributes to #MLK be sure to include the quotes that make us think & question the heavy reliance on the sanitation of his message that is used to make him more palatable in a white supremacist society.
This man was not nationally beloved at the time of his assassination. He was stalked by the state, blamed for Black & Brown folk not knowing our place, & seen as a national threat.
But every year, we come to this day & timelines burst w/ ahistorical references to a colorblind society & calls for acts of service. Nay to the colorblind stuff & as for the acts of service, cool cool, but this man fought for equality - social, political, & economic equality.
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Jul 28, 2021
Ok, #VetMedEd...I want to talk about flipping mental frameworks for a minute.

As groups are developing recommendations for DEI in vet school, please spend some time thinking about the framework you're starting from.
I'm seeing a lot of, "We need to *teach/prep* BIPOC & marginalized identities to survive here, etc."

BAD TAKE. If I need to learn how to survive here, that is a a bad environment for everyone. Stop thinking that the CVM/Org doesn't need to change when it does.
In fact, I'll go so far as to say this framework is offensive.

It puts *all* responsibility for change on the marginalized. It's basically an announcement that you expect marginalized folks to assimilate. #hardpass
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Apr 7, 2021
I'm so glad that so many veterinary orgs are working on DEI initiatives. That said, I want to give some advice for folx looking for referrals for help.
Be ready to COMPENSATE DEI folx.

DEI *professionals* are skilled ppl w/ degrees, credentials, research portfolios, & packed schedules. Create a budget larger than a fruit basket. Pay folx for their skills & labor. Don't expect free labor!
Be ready to WORK!

DEI professionals are in high demand these days. When I reach out about a possible referral, my colleagues ask abt the org's commitment. Performative work ain't it. They WILL SAY NO to those 'opportunities.'
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Feb 23, 2021
So, about the @VINNewsService profile...

I've demurred invites to do a profile for many years. Despite being so visible in the veterinary profession, I've eschewed much personal attention. I focus on the work & let that speak for me & for the DEI progress that's been made.
The reality is that there are soooo very many folks who have been along for this ride (which at times has been bumpy, to say the least). Deans, Associate Deans, staff, students (who honestly have done so much heavy lifting all while studying) interdisciplinary colleagues...
There are just too many to list, but know that I'm eternally grateful for your mentorship, your friendship, your collegiality, your teaching, your support, your shared venting & frustration that things haven't changed more radically or more quickly.
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Feb 5, 2021
Time for a little #vetmeded on #vettwitter.

Please stop acting like we do not know why this profession isn't racially diverse. Stop it. There is solid research on why BIPOC students are not represented in STEM, health professions & vet med.
BTW--even if there wasn't research, it's not really a mystery. But for the sake of education, here are the biggies:

A leaky educational pipeline that also pathologizes & criminalizes Black and brown students, thus removing them from the pipeline.
K-12 programs in marginalized communities that are so woefully underfunded that students are unprepared for collegiate curricula & are tracked into trade education.
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Feb 5, 2021
This is so key to understanding financial decision-making. #vettwitter, when we talk about the need for financial assistance for URVM students, understand that this is sometimes what's going on behind the scenes.
It's not just that the student may be winging it on their own. It's that the student may be shouldering multiple financial burdens because the whole *family* is stuck in poverty.

Hopes & dreams are riding on success, but so is the light bill.
We have to recognize that students whose families just can't help--they have a burden of self-financing, but they don't have to support family back home.

There's a population of young folk that have to do both-self finance *&* pitch in on sustaining the family.
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