We are excited to share our article about microaggressions published in Annals of Emergency Medicine. It was written by us, 4 women of color physicians who practice in academics. We would love to comment on this article, a prized accomplishment in our professional lives. 1/

The power of the article is that we are able to write truthfully from our lens, WOC who identify as LatinX, African American, & Indian American. The challenge was our search for language that shares our truth while simultaneously welcoming a positive discussion with others. 2/

It was important to support our perspective with data. We quickly realized it is tough to find literature that validates our collective and shared experiences when issues of microaggressions against WOC physicians aren't frequently considered, discussed, studied, or published 3/

We hope that this paper gives readers an opportunity to reflect on what we, WOC, often experience in the house of medicine. We hope that these conversations are educational. We hope readers will be inspired to research and publish these issues raised as they commonly occur 4/

We, @melmolinaMD @adairalandryMD @anitachary @BurnettBowie, took a journey together. It was insightful to learn from each other. Even more, it was inspiring to write about these complex interactions that affect WOC directly. This is what diversity in medicine looks like. 5/

@uche_blackstock @AliRaja_MD @jeremyfaust @emresidents @AnnalsofEM @EClevelandMD @M_Lin @darakass @MDaware @DrTsion @EMSwami @AMLandryMD @TChanMD @choo_ek @alvarezzzy @Danjegan @MikeGisondi

https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(20)30259-6/pdf 6/