Evelyn Mensah, MBBS, MD, FRCOphth, FGCS
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Evie | Consultant Eye Surgeon @ Central Middlesex | Clinical Lead for Ophthalmology & WRES Expert @ LNWH NHS | AntiRacist | ๐ฌ๐งGeordie to Ghanaian parents๐ฌ๐ญ
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04-07-2013 07:37:17
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Somaditya Bandyopadhyay Evelyn Mensah - Friends call me Evie Can you give me an example of what you believe would be another factor? Thereโs certainly harmful stereotypes I can think people might suggest
Language is important, which is why you should be aware the term โrace cardโ is designed to belittle and silence those raising racism
Somaditya Bandyopadhyay Evelyn Mensah - Friends call me Evie They will all have forms of bias. Itโs not a judgement on them, but on society. Social sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, ageism, ableism and more will build into them biases that they should be aware of actively countering
โMove onโ or ignore uncomfortable evidence?
#BME doctor failed exams for dressing too well ! #ARCP Roy Lilley ๐ Supertanskiii โจ Donna Hall โจ
Somaditya Bandyopadhyay Evelyn Mensah - Friends call me Evie Stepping to the side of the topic under discussion please be aware that anti-Black racism is perpetuated by other people of colour, and anti-Blackness in South Asian people does absolutely exist
Having โcolouredโ people โ no possibility of racism
Evelyn Mensah - Friends call me Evie its maddening.
I've also realised, i make an effort to not look **too* good at work which is WILD
Evelyn Mensah - Friends call me Evie They demonstrate why systemic change is so challenging. We don't like discomfort, so will choose to protect ourselves from the reality of the data by dismissing / denying / diminishing. The motivation to change needs to exceed the discomfort - hence why we need community...
Somaditya Bandyopadhyay Evelyn Mensah - Friends call me Evie The excellent Ms Mensah is racism in a system, not an individual doctor. If you think its not the role of WRES to highlight clear examples of systematic racism then what do you think their role should be? What language would you find more palatable for your sensibilities?
Evelyn Mensah - Friends call me Evie Why is the statistics the most significant part of this tweet?
How many times will #Black ppl have to contort their experiences into numbers & research & evidence until they r seen/ heard ?
More importantly why does the burden of proof lie upon them?
Somaditya Bandyopadhyay Evelyn Mensah - Friends call me Evie Statistical significance is irrelevant. This is just fact.
Somaditya Bandyopadhyay Evelyn Mensah - Friends call me Evie Pls use your voice here more responsibly
No one is โaccusingโ anyone
The data speaks for itself
#Racism exists
#antiBlackRacism exists
#colourism exists
I donโt appreciate being called #coloured as a Brown person
& all the #racism must ve happened b4 u became CS/ES
GโNite