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Scenario

How navigating medical appointments requires performing respectability

Every time I take my son to the pediatrician I have to code-switch and speak in a certain way to be taken seriously, and I hate that I am teaching him that his natural way of being is not worthy of respect.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The person faces the painful reality of having to suppress authentic self-expression to access basic healthcare while inadvertently teaching their child the same survival strategies.

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Dipa
Dipa works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Healthcare equity and structural racism in medicine?”

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