It's #BlackHistoryMonth, and someone emailed me about the BlackDesiSecretHistory.org website, and why South Asian Americans owe a debt of gratitude to African American activism. Here's the truth: without the Civil Rights movement, South Asian America as we know it might not exist.

Please stop saying: "I know I got White privilege." Rather, you live in a system (ideologies & structures) that disproportionately benefits people who are racialized as White.

“Orlando had become a woman… Their change of sex, though it altered their future, did nothing whatever to alter their identity… but in future we must, for convention’s sake, say ‘her’ for ‘his’ and ‘she’ for ‘he’.” Virginia Woolf discussing pronouns in 1928.

Critics say the policies of child welfare agencies, rather than acting for the benefit of children, in many cases harm families. cbsn.ws/3H7Ampo

Don’t miss our next event this Tuesday! Our general body meeting will include an exciting panel with neonatal health equity leaders: Uchenna Ezeibe Anani Heather H. Burris, MD, MPH Meg Parker Diana Montoya-Williams, MD MSHP, FAAP highlighting their medical education, research, QI, and advocacy approaches to neonatal equity!

The racist governor of Florida has given us no choice. FREE Ebook: From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor haymarketbooks.org/books/1646-fro…

We are proud to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth with a special series of Grand Rounds discussing how we can continue to advance health equity within the health system and the communities we serve. Mark your calendars and tune in every Wednesday at 8:30 am. bit.ly/3DBokSr

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Join us as we welcome Chief of Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for the UCLA Hospital and Clinic System Dr. Medell Briggs-Malonson for our DoM #BlackHistoryMonth Grand Rounds tomorrow morning! Zoom link available at bit.ly/3Skwfts

I'm so excited to share with you all the cover of my new book! Coming this September from Oxford University Press!

So many smiles after “professional twister,” a inter-professional mixer to break down the silos. Help us continue to dismantle the walls at our next event at #PAS2023 “Breaking down silos in neonatal #healthequity : the novel NJC approach” - Monday 5/1, room 149AB

#Haiti was the first country in the world to permanently abolish slavery & the slave trade. Haitians dealt a decisive blow to the entire system of slavery. Our ancestors became a threat to the existing world order. Haitian history is world history. Happy Haitian Heritage Month!🇭🇹

The assumption that racism is an individual character flaw and race is merely identity/cultural groups reflects the epistemology of racial ignorance--in the US and globally.

My twitter people, the category of "whiteness" we use right now in the US is not the only one. We've only had this one for about a century (1)

Learn about the the UCLA Health Homeless Healthcare Collaborative at tomorrow's DoM Grand Rounds! Tune in at bit.ly/3IVFf4H.

Been thinking about this again the last 24 hours

I'm pleased to amplify voices of NICU parents and staff who reflected on racial inequities & make recommendations to move forward together in the REJOICE study, phase 2! To start, hope: “There’s radical optimism in that we’re in a different time and we’re not doing it alone”🌅