Mastodawn

ACT MP Todd Stephenson misuses the concept of free speech in his stance on the Nursing Code of Conduct, writes Professor Dominic O’Sullivan (Te Rarawa and Ngāti Kahu)

https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/when-defence-of-free-speech-is-racism-in-disguise/

#MedicalRacism #NzPol

When defence of free speech is racism in disguise | E-Tangata

“The Nursing Council is not a private club. It regulates a profession to assure the public that the people it registers can practice competently. To say that it should be selective when it carries out this task, applying it to some people but not others, is exactly the kind of outcome that Te Tiriti protects against.” — Dominic O’Sullivan.

E-Tangata

A-Dub 🥝Jan 6

Long COVID advocacy is incomplete without sex workers -- and anti-racism is a really important part of this equation, because "perfect victim" narratives are too often centred on white (and cisgender) people.

https://thesicktimes.org/2026/01/06/long-covid-advocacy-is-incomplete-without-sex-workers/

#LongCovid #Whorephobia #MedicalRacism

Long COVID advocacy is incomplete without sex workers - The Sick Times

To Olive and other Black queer community members, many Long COVID advocates pay lip service to the disease’s disproportionate effects on Black, Brown, and trans communities while excluding those voices from larger policy discussions.

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis

A-Dub 🥝Dec 13

Four long years after a 24-year-old Indigenous woman (Saugeen & Six Nations of the Grand River) died in a St. Catharines, Ont., hospital, her family is still waiting for a coronial inquest to find out why she wasn't provided with more medical care

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/heather-winterstein-ontario-death-9.7012283

#MedicalRacism #Colonialism

4 years after Indigenous woman died in Niagara hospital waiting room, family still waits for coroner's inquest | CBC News

Heather Winterstein's family believes she didn't receive proper medical assessment or care at the St. Catharines, Ont., hospital because of systemic racism and biases. Niagara Health says it's committed to change.

CBC

SingsongRaptor Nov 14

Alright everyone, it's time for nobody's favorite game! Will This Doctor Treat Me Like A Human Being Worthy of Compassion and Respect and Care About My Wellbeing? Or Will They Gaslight Me and Treat Me Like Shit?

#BlackAndDisabled #disability #disabled #MedicalRacism #fatphobia #antiBlackness

Just Tired Anymore Jun 18, 2025

#USPol #SettlerCulture #BodyAutonomy #Abolition #MedicalRacism

gypsyvegan May 6, 2025

"The Fight to Be Believed: Long COVID’s Toll on Black Americans"
by Rebekah Sager/AP

Black people made up about 32% of long COVID cases, one study found, but are “not being taken as seriously,” said one patient.

https://capitalbnews.org/black-americans-long-covid-trump-cuts/

#SarsCoV2 #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #MedicalRacism #ChronicIllnesses

The Fight to Be Believed: Long COVID’s Toll on Black Americans

Nearly a third of Black people who contracted COVID-19 have experienced long COVID symptoms, one study found, but are “not being taken as seriously,” said one patient.

Capital B News

John Colagioia May 1, 2025

How the slave trade’s medical legacies persist https://wellcomecollection.org/stories/aAi4nhEAACMAfdxX

Enslaved people’s experiences of disability were a subject of debate among pro- and anti-slavery thinkers and campaigners, who were mostly white or light-skinned, which further stigmatized and oppressed Black people.

#Slavery #MedicalRacism

How the slave trade’s medical legacies persist

Micha Frazer-Carroll, uncovers the historical links between enslavement and disability to better understand her family’s complex attitudes towards healthcare.

Wellcome Collection

Jules she/her Feb 11, 2025

The Coventry experiment: why were Indian women in Britain given radioactive food without consent?
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/feb/11/the-coventry-experiment-why-were-indian-women-in-britain-given-radioactive-food-without-consent?

"You can’t believe how kind the British are. Every morning, a van pulls up outside your house in Coventry. A friendly man brings you a freshly baked flatbread to eat. It’s just for you, not anyone else in your family. Every afternoon he comes back to make sure you’ve eaten it.”

#MedicalRacism