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one day I'm gonna look back at this blog and delete the embarrassing parts. usually found yellin about movies and capitalism. 25.nyc.she/her.woc
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whimsycore

COVID is straight up more deadly for people of color in the western world. Like we’re not going to be the ones screened. If you have mild symptoms they’ll say you’re overreacting. I know especially black people are more at risk because we have a 20% higher chance of having Asthma. 40-60% higher chance of having lupus. And Especially Indigenous and Black people have a History in the US of being denied healthcare

One of the things I’ve learned as a healthcare provider and a person of color is the strongest words you can use against any medical provider is “ I want it documented in my chart that you are refusing to test me OR that you deem this test unnecessary.” The most important part is getting a copy of your discharge paperwork with those words written. Everything in our notes is permissible in court and in healthcare we have a strong saying “ if you didn’t document it then it didn’t happen”. I’d love to say that 99% of physicians do believe they are doing the right thing or making the right judgement call and do not mean any malice or have ill intent towards any patient regardless of the persons race or socioeconomic status but we all know that shit just isn’t true. Trust your healthcare providers but if you don’t feel heard try explaing that to them and if not you can always ask to speak to another provider for a second opinion. We all have bosses just like you do.

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whimsycore

COVID is straight up more deadly for people of color in the western world. Like we’re not going to be the ones screened. If you have mild symptoms they’ll say you’re overreacting. I know especially black people are more at risk because we have a 20% higher chance of having Asthma. 40-60% higher chance of having lupus. And Especially Indigenous and Black people have a History in the US of being denied healthcare

One of the things I’ve learned as a healthcare provider and a person of color is the strongest words you can use against any medical provider is “ I want it documented in my chart that you are refusing to test me OR that you deem this test unnecessary.” The most important part is getting a copy of your discharge paperwork with those words written. Everything in our notes is permissible in court and in healthcare we have a strong saying “ if you didn’t document it then it didn’t happen”. I’d love to say that 99% of physicians do believe they are doing the right thing or making the right judgement call and do not mean any malice or have ill intent towards any patient regardless of the persons race or socioeconomic status but we all know that shit just isn’t true. Trust your healthcare providers but if you don’t feel heard try explaing that to them and if not you can always ask to speak to another provider for a second opinion. We all have bosses just like you do.

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azspot
Like legions of immigrant farmworkers, Nancy Silva for years has done the grueling work of picking fresh fruit that Americans savor, all while afraid that one day she could lose her livelihood because she is in the country illegally.
But the widening coronavirus pandemic has brought an unusual kind of recognition: Her job as a field worker has been deemed by the federal government as “essential” to the country.
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#rent #rentstrike #strike #generalstrike #cancelrent #huelgarenta https://www.instagram.com/p/B-gSqM3lQ3-/?igshid=h3j9ojlbcgme

Don’t stop paying rent (if possible) until you have organized with other tenants of the same landlord. Local tenants’ unions can give you advice on where to start. A rent strike requires having other people on board so you’re not just one “problem tenant” that your landlord can retaliate against easily. You need to have enough tenants (ideally all) on board that the landlord can’t retaliate easily. And you need to have a plan about how to handle retaliation (who will handle maintenance when your landlord refuses? can you pool your funds for a lawyer who can tell you when something your landlord is doing is illegal/what you can do about it?). You also need to actually tell your landlord about the rent strike, and do it in the right way. A rent strike is a fantastic tool, but it’s not a one-person job. And others on the internet don’t count - if your particular landlord only has to deal with YOU and nobody else, you’re an easy target.

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awesome-picz

Pics That Show How Differently Celebrities And Normal People Are Treated During The Coronavirus Outbreak

I just do not give a shit about which celeb has it unless they’re at death’s door or on a respirator. That should be the only circumstance in which they are being tested at all, like the rest of us.

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The real damage is done by those millions who want to ‘survive.’ The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don’t want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won’t take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don’t like to make waves—or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honour, truth, and principles are only literature. Those who live small, mate small, die small. It’s the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you’ll keep it under control. If you don’t make any noise, the bogeyman won’t find you. But it’s all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?! From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn.

Sophie Scholl

Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and other members of the White Rose were arrested on this day - February 22 - 68 years ago for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets. Four days later, Sophie, Hans, and Christoph Probst were found guilty of treason and executed hours later.

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