“We don’t. We don’t have to teach them we are human. It’s not our problem. They have to realize they are racist and there is an opportunity for redemption there. It’s important we put the responsibility where it belongs.” -Roxane Gay #wmhc2022
Today, April 13,2022 I am no longer using the term “imposter syndrome”. Last night Dr.@atachine informed me this concept was developed by two white women to explain why minoritized folks feel like outsiders or face self-doubt
@Disney Now that we have the: Three Caballeros, Jungle Book, Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, Moana, Coco, Encanto- Can we please have a movie where Black people can stay human and be seen as people the whole movie?
“If people are not ready to relinquish control don’t invite us to the space” “Before you ask ‘what I can do’ [when Black and Brown people are killed] ask us if we have the capacity for this. Ask us how we are doing. ” - Nala Toussaint #YaleWMHC
“People keep saying that people are playing victim, and I think 400 years has shown some things, but no one is centering the oppressor” -Nala Toussaint #YaleWMHC
“One place that Black Women who are marginalized and sit at the intersection is the repository of everything that is bad”- SPEAK ON IT DR ISOM!!! #YaleWMHC
Talking about the experience of Black Women having to remediate in medicine “It’s not that you are Black, it’s that you suck” Preach Dr Black #yalewmhc
I just heard @EugeneLeeYang sing part of my favorite song from #Rent “I’ll Covet You Reprise” on the #trypod Now all I want is to hear him sing the whole thing
This is the hospital where I do most of my practice. Please help keep our OB & Peds. CA Attorney General Xavier Becerra: Save Women & Children's Health in the Eel River Valley - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/47gC2pUwxL via @Change#FMrevolution#womenshealth#ruralhealth