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Doctors are to black women what police officers are to black men. That may seem controversial but I believe it to be true and I speak from personal experience.

If you've seen this TikTok you know that a 2016 study showed that 50% of medical students and residents thought that black people couldn't feel pain the same as white people.

And we learned from this video that because of a 1999 study, to this day, there's a black correction factor for the creatinin levels in black people's kidneys, meaning we're less likely to recieve a kidney transplant if needed.

So if you go to a doctor, feel you aren't getting proper treatment or they refuse the treatment you've requested, say to them the following:

If you weren’t already going to spread this advice because black women are at risk, then spread it because it’s applicable to everyone else as well, including you reading this.

If I did any mistakes in interpreting your many answers, please say! I will edit anything I need to for it to be actually respectful & accurate.

OH MY GOD THANK YOU THATS PERFECT

This has been happening all month with little to no international media attention. Here are a few organizations you can check out for resources or to support:

ActionAid India

SEEDS India

GlobalGiving

This is UNTRUE!!!! If you’re new to Catholicism you HAVE to listen to MEEEEEEEEE. Here’s my advice:

Circle 1 (white terrorist): brutal violence against Black bodies; racist and derogatory slurs; white nationalism; white separatism; actively targeting Black bodies;police brutality; lynchings; hate crimes; alt-right; most likely to be seen with a gun in a public location I.e a restaurant if their kids birthday party; maga; intimidation tactics; confederate flags; rigid patriotism; anti-take a knife; blue lives matter; kkk; founders and supporters of the prison industrial complex; uses white evangelical rhetoric to justify racism

Circle 2 (the post racial believer): talks about racial tolerance; “I have Black neighbors”; polices those Black neighbors; using language such as “colored” to describe Black people in the U.S; bootstrap theory folks; uses terms like “boy” to describe grown Black men; expects Black women to be the mammy; never feel “safe” around Black people; “I don’t see color”; “Obama fixed it”; believers of the “American dream”; constantly downplays Black excellence and uses the affirmative action card; white Eurocentric Christianity values, “we are all the same in the eyes of god”; white women clutching their purse or locking their cars when a Black person walks by; victim blaming; superior pity complex; may have a multiracial person in the family, that is they have white washed; expects Black people to jump and do things like carry their groceries to the car; uncomfortable around topics if race and thinks that talking about race issues creates division

Circle 3 (the oblivious instigator): cultural appropriation; loved white washed Black people; fetishizes and sexualizes Black men; white tears/fragility; micro aggressions; all lives matter; “reverse racism”; white saviorism; plays “devil’s advocate” and invalidates experiences of racism; social justice issues related to things that centre what they are going through; have no loyalty to Black people and will often sell you out if presented with the opportunity; “if you say it nicer, I might listen…you are pushing me away”; tone policing; “all white people are not bad”; elitish; entitlement; calling the police because they don’t feel “comfortable”; thinks that biracial children excuse them from racism; “I am a good white person”; big on authoritarianism/rule following; often uses the “n” word as a “joke” and calls you dramatic for getting upset about it; feels entitled to Black bodies, “I don’t know why you’re offended that I touched your hair without consent, it’s just hair”

Circle 4 (the needy ally): focused on “getting anti-racism right” (perfectionism); read “white fragility”, has not addressed their own; “I am above other white people”; white distancing to be an exception; arrival at anti-racism mindset; bragging on the few times they fought back against racism in order to gain approval; needing to center themselves in topics about race; need constant validation and emotional investment from Black people; often has white terrorist family members that they are struggling to change or convince; co-opting the work of poc and trying to make it their own I.e. white women and yoga; can admit to holding privilege, but refuses to be held accountable; race splaining; considers the trump election to be the epitome of when things “got bad”; needs to collect Black friends/tokenization; good “white” ally mentality; impulsive around racial justice often causes more harm; will often vent to Black people about their frustrations with politics, usually takes up a lot of space and leaves Black people emotionally exhausted and depleted

Circle 5 (the passive aggressive oppressor): white feminist; values white research and experience over the lives experiences of Black people; divisive and often tries to turn Black people and poc against each other; manipulative; intent versus impact; not paying for Black labor; abuses power to silence and control Black women; victimizes self when challenged around topics of race; degrades Black people who don’t agree with them; tokenizes poc and Black people; white narcissism; no accountability and very skilled at deflecting and gaslighting; loves whitewashed poc and Black people; comes across like they “get it”; expert versus listener/learner mentality; implements respectability politics; does not value building trust and rapport, but expects it from Black people; gatekeeper mentality; typically the face for anti-racism in their social circles; often loses the trust of Black people in their lives

Circle 6 (the do “gooder”): can be invalidating and engage in silver lining talk, “well at least…let’s look at the positives”; still supports harmful white people in their lives to maintain their social status/comfort; listens to certain Black people, but still do not center trans and cis Black women; overcompensating in allyship; speaking on behalf of communities; thinking they know what’s best for a Black person of community; views Blackness as a monolith; may be complacent in issues that cause discomfort; does not challenge institutions/problematic white people; “omg you are my Oprah or Michelle Obama”; uses political correctness/academia terminology; intellectualizes our lived experiences so that it has more “credibility”; plays up their marginalized identities to excuse their racism; seeks approval and self advancement; “you can always come to me” but does not have the tools to effectively support Black people

Circle 7 (the lifelong student): pays for all forms of labor performed by Black people; centres the most marginalized; actively engages in introspection and simantling racism in themselves; address racism at every institutional and systemic level; centres learning and research of Black people especially those with the most marginalization; knows that they never arrive; honors Black liberation and healing; not imposing on Black time (Black people need to be in spaces without white people as often as possible); strong understanding of racial trauma and their ancestral, historical and current impact; deals with white fragility with fellow white people; listens and challenges white saviorism; accountability/changed behavior; understands that reconciliation does not mean you are allowed back in that perosn’s life; uses privilege to be key makers versus gate keepers; constantly unpacking white supremacy and challenging white culture without approval; not expecting Black people to show up a certain way; knowing their mere presence is harmful; understanding that they will never fully be trusted by Black people, making peace with that

What would you do if you were a queer Black teen girl in the 2010s midwest that suddenly became a witch after reading from an ancient tome?

Now you've got to fight monsters , face off against an evil that's after you ... and also two vampires have feelings for you ( and they dig each other a bit too) . Check out this Black Queer YA Coming of age Magical Girl Witch in the midwest story! The Three Tomes. Live on Kickstarter Card Captor Sakura and Sailor Moon x Twilight and The Vampire Diaries ( minus the racism).

Too often in media, Black women and femmes are seen as disposable. They're stepping stones on the path to the " true relationship". They're the side best friend, they're killed off for the narrative.. Too often in media Black people period are questioned for why they're in fantasy, or supernatural stories. " Why is a mermaid Black?" " Why is that dwarf Black?" " Why is that knight Black?" There's rampant biphobia and questioning of people's queer idenity as nonbinary or fear of being open about your Black queerness period... Too often in media our stories as Black people are only accepted if it centers our pain. Very rarely are we given opportunity in mainstream media to have our whimsical and fun coming of age stories without black trauma at it's core. Our history is part of us, but we can have our " Juno's " , our " Twilights" , our " Hunger Games" ...etc.. too. We are able to be and should be present in all genres and tell all kinds of stories. The Three Tomes aims to dismantle all of this. It's a Queer YA coming of age story about Tammy Harris, age 17. She lives in the Chicago Suburbs and is having her own adventure and dealing with grief and change through the magical lens of witches and vampires. The story centers on her, and a host of queer black and brown characters taking the lead. A Lesbian Witch, A gay Vampire priest, a gay Vampire villian, two bi, and pan vampire boys ( tammy's love interests) and Tammy's best friend who is nonbinary and black/indian mixed. Character Bios here Black people can be whimsical, magical and we deserve to be in fantasy stories.

Support The Three Tomes on Kickstarter as we push towards our stretch goals for full animation of scenes and episode 3. To check out episode one and learn more about the world of The Three Tomes. Check out THE MASTER POST here.