71 What They Didn't Teach You About Racism in Med School With Jill Wener MD

<p>Dr. Jill Wener discusses systemic racism, anti-racism, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the concept of reverse racism. Dr. Wener is the host of the Conscious Anti-Racism podcast.</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>[01:48] Dr. Wener’s Journey into Anti-racism</li> <li>[08:39] White Supremacy Culture and Systemic Racism</li> <li>[15:27] Racism in Medicine</li> <li>[19:26] Why Reverse Racism Cannot Exist</li> <li>[27:40] Why Black Lives Matter exists</li> <li>[31:16] Internal Versus External Work to Combat Racism</li> <li>[37:19] Resources on Anti-racism</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Dr. Jill Wener is the host of the <a href= "https://anchor.fm/drjillwenermd">Conscious Anti-Racism podcast</a> and creator of a <a href= "https://www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism">curriculum</a> with the same name.</p> <h1><strong>But I am Not Racist!</strong></h1> <p>Dr. Wener began leaning into her discomfort around race after a friend admonished her on the racially privileged perspective of her blog post on the 2016 election. Initially defensive, she knew that if she did implicitly have harmful views on race, she needed to correct them.</p> <p>Just like Dr. Wener, many white people are sometimes defensive about race, and reluctant to agree that they are racist and that they benefit from white supremacy and white privilege. They often cite the hard work that they have invested to achieve success, and how they never use their racial privilege. However, Dr. Wener describes the systemic racism in the US as a “toxic fume soup” in which we are all immersed. White people inevitably benefit from their race, even if they do not intend to do so.</p> <p>To illustrate one of the many ways in which white people unintentionally benefit from the color of their skin, Dr. Wener shares her story of being ticketed for using her cell phone in the car. She describes exiting her vehicle to stretch while waiting, and trying to explain to the officer that she had only taken out her phone to take a picture of an advertisement for a farmer’s market.