@JerrySoucyRN @jade_w08 Agree with @JerrySoucyRN. Think about ‘colourful hair’ = difference. Black hair is a huge political issue. Kids get sent home for traditional afros or Black hairstyles being viewed as inappropriate. Same at work, people being told they are ‘unprofessional’. The professional >
@JerrySoucyRN @jade_w08 > hairstyles are often viewed as relaxed, closer to Caucasian type hair or short enough to hide the hair as much as possible, especially on men. The different colour uniforms denote hierarchy and power level and they are worn by more Black people at lower Bands and less as you >
@JerrySoucyRN @jade_w08 > go up the hierarchy. This is why the WRES survey has been brought out, to capture this and record it as fact. The issue is the culture - the top level nurses @JerrySoucyRN showed we’re all blonde White women. Why not have people who think differently - be that from a cultural >
@JerrySoucyRN @jade_w08 > or neurodiverse or more artistic, colourful way of thinking, different genders and sexualities, disabilities, socio-economic groups, different perspectives. Celebrate difference. Your pink haired nurse will connect with a range of patients that your militarised version of a >
@JerrySoucyRN @jade_w08 > nurse won’t. As someone with colourful hair, my world is full of smiles & happy children and now it’s stripped and bleached it’s bland. As a mixed race person of colour who passes, I see the difference in how others are treated who don’t. As a person who is openly part of the >
@JerrySoucyRN @jade_w08 > Mad Community and worked within this discipline, I’m f*. An MSc in my discipline plus 3 Masters Certs from professional institutes and experience… the org culture in the #NHS towards difference is so bad that in 10y I am banded and paid like a support worker. We need change.
@JerrySoucyRN @jade_w08 @threadreaderapp please unroll
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