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Bryan Leyva, MD⚕️
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That Asians are often considered the “model minority” by white people doesn’t mean we should perpetuate this message or that they are. Read: this is a STEREOTYPE. This myth: 1)
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Here’s the thing: we can acknowledge the mistrustfulness of institutions and the last White House administration that have contributed to vaccine hesistancy among POC, AND recognize the inequities and racism
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I feel like #Latinos were quiet when #MiaPonsetto was trending, so allow me to bring her up to address a few things.1) Latinos can be white, Black, Asian, and any
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Did you know that at 3 mo, babies look more at faces that match the race of their caregivers? That children as young as 2 use race to make sense
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Because I don’t have the time or energy to rewrite that 2nd thread, I’ll break it down:“Latinx” was created during the feminist movement in Brazil in the 80s, not in
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#Latinx, please don’t forget to include Black immigrants in immigrant rights conversations. Black immigrants are more likely to be deported but nobody talks about this. Remember, our immigration enforcement system
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Mi gente, it’s Follow Friday, and it’s time to unite forces: Latinxs in academia and in STEM, meet #LatinxMedTwitter. We are doctors, surgeons and MH providers. I have yet to
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Valuing POC and women in the workplace does not mean burdening them with committee & task force responsibilities that prevent them from doing and thriving in their actual jobs. It
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I know many people don’t know this but #Haitians are Latinx too, as are people from Belize , Jamaica , French Guiana , Guadeloupe , Martinique , Saint Barthelemy
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This is the definition of systemic racism. https://twitter.com/danchondemd/status/1324477742138691585 I love research and I always envisioned a career in academic medicine, maybe even as Dean one day. But when my sister
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