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When healthcare worker siblings disagree about speaking up against racism

My brother and I are both nurses and after George Floyd we started paying more attention to how our hospital treats patients of color, but he thinks I'm becoming 'too political' and causing problems by speaking up, while I think he's staying silent to protect his career, and it's straining our relationship.

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Family members in the same profession are torn between solidarity with each other and different calculations about risk, voice, and complicity.

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