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Love the sentiment of "not seeing race." However, I've:
- Been told "it's you" when I spoke up about racism, homophobia, bigotry in our program.
- Been called the name of the only other African-American male in our program by attendings.
(Cont). https://twitter.com/DrLuizSilva1/status/1249093700850012160
- Been told "it's you" when I spoke up about racism, homophobia, bigotry in our program.
- Been called the name of the only other African-American male in our program by attendings.
(Cont). https://twitter.com/DrLuizSilva1/status/1249093700850012160
- Been told years after I started speaking up in our program that people had been wrong and they'd messed up (not realizing that I still had to live with their previous actions)
- Had to report attendings for behavior and never heard an apology from those attendings.
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- Had to report attendings for behavior and never heard an apology from those attendings.
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- Told I'm unprofessional for the hair, not wearing a tie, etc, and had to remind attendings that people are dying on the streets, shouldn't we focus on other things?
- Heard about attendings I'd never met have secret meetings about my clothes/hair/tie.
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- Heard about attendings I'd never met have secret meetings about my clothes/hair/tie.
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- Been told I wasn't receptive to feedback after becoming suicidal from working with an attending where I tried to speak up about her practices. Those who said that would apologize years later for how they handled everything.
But, my absolute favorite instance?
But, my absolute favorite instance?
- After helping my class (and all of us agreeing on a course of action) and handling some issues after a pretty shocking event in our residency, I was later told by our head Program Director that what I had done was unprofessional.
- Oh, in front of our whole residency.
- Oh, in front of our whole residency.
Said PD would apologize to our class (half-assedly) by email. I never received an apology. He never said he was wrong or told the other classes he had said those words in front of that I actually hadn't done anything unprofessional.
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All of that and more are why I'm leaving my program. Even with all the changes we've made, it's still not safe for minorities.
So:
If those doctors treat colleagues that way, I'm pretty sure they see race and wonder how it plays into their patient care.
Spoiler: not well.
So:
If those doctors treat colleagues that way, I'm pretty sure they see race and wonder how it plays into their patient care.
Spoiler: not well.
Thus, if you "don't see race" you're missing huge issues.
Again, I love the sentiment, but it's just not based in reality.
One day, hopefully it will be, though
Again, I love the sentiment, but it's just not based in reality.
One day, hopefully it will be, though
