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Speaker 1: On today's episode. If I didn't know, maybe you didn't either.

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Speaker 1: I want to talk to the fellas, and I wanted

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Speaker 1: us to take a moment to reflect on what it

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Speaker 1: means to stand for black women. I want to share

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Speaker 1: the story of Jasmine Evans, a young black woman who

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Speaker 1: faced racial bias in the healthcare system, a bias that

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Speaker 1: nearly cost her her life. I didn't know. I didn't know.

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Speaker 1: I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. I

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Speaker 1: didn't see. Jasmine needed a kidney transplant, some critical for

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Speaker 1: her survival, but instead of being placed on the list

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Speaker 1: like any qualified patient, she was left off. Why because

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Speaker 1: of assumptions rooted in stereotypes about black women. Now, we've

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Speaker 1: been discussing medical apartheid all season, and this is just

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Speaker 1: another branch on that tree. The doctors didn't doubt her

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Speaker 1: medical condition. They doubted her ability to comply with post

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Speaker 1: transplant care that sink in despite meeting the necessary criteria.

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Speaker 1: They judged her based on who they thought she was,

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Speaker 1: not who she actually is. They assumed she lacks support

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Speaker 1: or discipline, assumptions tied to harmful narratives about our sisters.

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Speaker 1: This is bigger than Jasmine, though, Black women are at

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Speaker 1: the heart of our community. There are mothers, our sisters,

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Speaker 1: our daughters, our partners. Yet many times they're often disregarded, disrespected,

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Speaker 1: and dismissed. In healthcare, studies show they're less likely to

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Speaker 1: receive proper pain management, less likely to be listened to,

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Speaker 1: and more likely to face barriers to life saving treatments.

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Speaker 1: Jasmine's story is in an isolated case, it's a reflection

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Speaker 1: of a system that undervalues black women's lives. But here's

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Speaker 1: the thing. Jasmine didn't give up. She fought back, She

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Speaker 1: raised her voice and exposed the bias that nearly robbed

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Speaker 1: her of her future. After public pressure, she was finally

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Speaker 1: placed on the kidney transplant list. But that fight shouldn't

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Speaker 1: have been necessary. Black women shouldn't have to battle every

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Speaker 1: step of the way just to get what they deserve.

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Speaker 1: So fellas, this is where we come in. Supporting Black

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Speaker 1: women isn't just about words. It's about action. It's about

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Speaker 1: showing up for them and standing misad them and speaking

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Speaker 1: up when they're being wrong. It's about recognizing that their

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Speaker 1: fight is our fight too. We know how much black

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Speaker 1: women do for us, We know how much black women

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Speaker 1: mean to us. They hold us down, they lift us up.

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Speaker 1: They fight for us when nobody else will, and jasmine

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Speaker 1: story is a reminder that we need to do the

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Speaker 1: same for them. Let's honor their strength by making sure

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Speaker 1: that the systems that fail them are held accountable. Let's

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Speaker 1: be the men who stand in the gap. Because when

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Speaker 1: black women thrive, you already know our entire community thrives.

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Speaker 1: Jasmin's fight ain't over, and neither is ours. So let's

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Speaker 1: commit to making this world safer, fairer, and more just

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Speaker 1: for the black women we love. Okay, by listen up, man,

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