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I E McElroy MD, MPH: @iemcelroymd.bsky.social
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    I E McElroy MD, MPH: @iemcelroymd.bsky.social
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    Jul 14, 2022
    Guess I need a new intro tweet: Queer, Black, female surgery resident talking about all the things we’re not supposed to talk about: racism, politics, equity, and why PB and chocolate is the perfect pairing. love 🎾🏀🐧📸🎵 I will match energy with how you come at me 🤷🏾‍♀️
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    I E McElroy MD, MPH: @iemcelroymd.bsky.social
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    Aug 8, 2022
    My rent is half my paycheck and that is why i spend 98% of my free time at home. I gotta milk that place for what it’s worth.
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    I E McElroy MD, MPH: @iemcelroymd.bsky.social
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    Sep 7, 2021
    Not a couple on our flight refusing to mask so we may have to have our flight diverted... This pandemic is truly the group project from hell.
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    I E McElroy MD, MPH: @iemcelroymd.bsky.social
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    May 15, 2022
    I am mentally ill and yet I have never had the desire to target an entire group of people and massacre them. Racism is not a mental illness. It is a choice of hatred and violence. Do not further demonize and stigmatize mental health in order to avoid the dealing with racists.
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    I E McElroy MD, MPH: @iemcelroymd.bsky.social
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    Jul 28, 2021
    When I was in middle school, one of the white girls in my class decided we had beef. One week she decided she wanted to fight me so she told half the class who then told me. That day at lunch I watched as she shadowboxed with at one end of the yard. /1
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    I E McElroy MD, MPH: @iemcelroymd.bsky.social
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    Feb 7, 2021
    If anyone is wondering how we ended up putting 45 in office it starts with things like this
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    Feb 6, 2021
    Utah school allowing parents to opt students out of Black History Month curriculum hill.cm/XjTO4Il
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    I E McElroy MD, MPH: @iemcelroymd.bsky.social
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    Jul 28, 2021
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    So why am I telling y’all this story? I’m telling y’all as an example of how white women weaponize their tears and it can do significant harm to Black people. I didn’t feel the need to list all the ways my teachers and the school targeted me because that’s not the point /12
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    I E McElroy MD, MPH: @iemcelroymd.bsky.social
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    Jul 28, 2021
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    I mean they destroy lives physically and emotionally. And just like Black children are taught to run and hide, white children learn the power they have over us. Accountability for their actions is an exception not the rule. While punishment for us is the rule not the exception /x
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    I E McElroy MD, MPH: @iemcelroymd.bsky.social
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    Jul 28, 2021
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    Young Black kids learn to shrink, suppress, and hide themselves in school. We learn that we don’t get to make mistakes, be rowdy, or even defend ourselves. We are a threat before we hit puberty. So when I say: white women tears are a weapon of mass destruction /14
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    I E McElroy MD, MPH: @iemcelroymd.bsky.social
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    Jul 11, 2022
    Lol just had a patient tell me Black women can’t be surgeons and he wanted to talk to the real doctor and the hospitalist justified it by saying “well he’s old he doesn’t know better” File this under things not to do when patients are racist.
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    I E McElroy MD, MPH: @iemcelroymd.bsky.social
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    Jul 28, 2021
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    The point is for 3 years of my life I was belittled, bullied, and stifled by grown ass adults because I had the nerve to make a white girl cry. Academically, I obviously recovered. But emotionally, those scars still influence how I interact with people to this day /13
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    I E McElroy MD, MPH: @iemcelroymd.bsky.social
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    Jul 28, 2021
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    “Mani the one thing I can tell you in life, if you make a white girl cry, as a Black girl you will always be seen as the aggressor and they will find a way to punish you. This letter was what I negotiated to stop you from getting suspended.” I was irate. /9
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    I E McElroy MD, MPH: @iemcelroymd.bsky.social
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    Apr 29, 2022
    Wouldn’t it make more sense to board the back of the plane first?
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    I E McElroy MD, MPH: @iemcelroymd.bsky.social
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    May 14, 2022
    PSA: Black people do not owe you grace or forgiveness as you “come to terms” with your racism. The idea that we “owe” you that is just another example of how we are expected to prioritize the comfort of others over our own.