I've been thinking about how we've finally managed to see a relatively decent argument about racialised health inequalities in the media this past week, and feel that outspoken/unapologetic poc leadership in @TheBMA really pushed this forward https://twitter.com/CNagpaul/status/1249595604214468609

Ahead of this, members of the poc health community laid some important analysis in the media+online https://www.bmj.com/racism-in-medicine @DJDevakumar @sridhartweet @crageshri @thewrittenro @SJ_Mehta @AmeenKam @SoniaAdesara @frankthedoc1 plus the incredible @NursingNotesUK @MelaninMedics

This has then been supported by poc politicians who can speak to their own experience of racism + really see these impacts in their communities @HackneyAbbott @YasminQureshiMP @TahirAliMP @zarahsultana @NadiaWhittomeMP @RupaHuq https://labour.org.uk/press/government-must-investigate-why-bame-communities-are-more-vulnerable-to-coronavirus-marsha-de-cordova/

Which was further shared/explored in the media by poc journalists but maybe significantly the work of @Haroon_Siddique https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/apr/10/uk-coronavirus-deaths-bame-doctors-bma - but the story also got in @thetimes @EveningStandard @Independent @BBCRadio4 @BBCNews

All this has largely been given direction by poc-led social justice orgs working on the issue for time @RunnymedeTrust @JCWI_UK @OpBlackVote @CLASSthinktank @CharitySoWhite but most notably @Zubhaque https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/coronavirus-bame-bme-data-deaths-poverty_uk_5e8dc720c5b6359f96d06c0a?ncid=tweetlnkukhpmg00000003

It might not be surprising that poc leadership in all these groups is a significant common factor for driving fwd the narrative. Imagine what that means when it comes to leadership on disability justice, queer liberation or class solidarity+the stories we miss from these comms

POC are left to fight for themselves because white folks arent coming to save us. In the same way, let's be sure POC leadership are decent allies who speak to their experience of injustice with other marginalised groups they share that exp with #nooneisfreetillweareallfree