Speaker 1: On today's episode. If I didn't know, maybe you didn't either.
Speaker 1: I want to talk to the fellas, and I wanted
Speaker 1: us to take a moment to reflect on what it
Speaker 1: means to stand for black women. I want to share
Speaker 1: the story of Jasmine Evans, a young black woman who
Speaker 1: faced racial bias in the healthcare system, a bias that
Speaker 1: nearly cost her her life. I didn't know. I didn't know.
Speaker 1: I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. I
Speaker 1: didn't see. Jasmine needed a kidney transplant, some critical for
Speaker 1: her survival, but instead of being placed on the list
Speaker 1: like any qualified patient, she was left off. Why because
Speaker 1: of assumptions rooted in stereotypes about black women. Now, we've
Speaker 1: been discussing medical apartheid all season, and this is just
Speaker 1: another branch on that tree. The doctors didn't doubt her
Speaker 1: medical condition. They doubted her ability to comply with post
Speaker 1: transplant care that sink in despite meeting the necessary criteria.
Speaker 1: They judged her based on who they thought she was,
Speaker 1: not who she actually is. They assumed she lacks support
Speaker 1: or discipline, assumptions tied to harmful narratives about our sisters.
Speaker 1: This is bigger than Jasmine, though, Black women are at
Speaker 1: the heart of our community. There are mothers, our sisters,
Speaker 1: our daughters, our partners. Yet many times they're often disregarded, disrespected,
Speaker 1: and dismissed. In healthcare, studies show they're less likely to
Speaker 1: receive proper pain management, less likely to be listened to,
Speaker 1: and more likely to face barriers to life saving treatments.
Speaker 1: Jasmine's story is in an isolated case, it's a reflection
Speaker 1: of a system that undervalues black women's lives. But here's
Speaker 1: the thing. Jasmine didn't give up. She fought back, She
Speaker 1: raised her voice and exposed the bias that nearly robbed
Speaker 1: her of her future. After public pressure, she was finally
Speaker 1: placed on the kidney transplant list. But that fight shouldn't
Speaker 1: have been necessary. Black women shouldn't have to battle every
Speaker 1: step of the way just to get what they deserve.
Speaker 1: So fellas, this is where we come in. Supporting Black
Speaker 1: women isn't just about words. It's about action. It's about
Speaker 1: showing up for them and standing misad them and speaking
Speaker 1: up when they're being wrong. It's about recognizing that their
Speaker 1: fight is our fight too. We know how much black
Speaker 1: women do for us, We know how much black women
Speaker 1: mean to us. They hold us down, they lift us up.
Speaker 1: They fight for us when nobody else will, and jasmine
Speaker 1: story is a reminder that we need to do the
Speaker 1: same for them. Let's honor their strength by making sure
Speaker 1: that the systems that fail them are held accountable. Let's
Speaker 1: be the men who stand in the gap. Because when
Speaker 1: black women thrive, you already know our entire community thrives.
Speaker 1: Jasmin's fight ain't over, and neither is ours. So let's
Speaker 1: commit to making this world safer, fairer, and more just
Speaker 1: for the black women we love. Okay, by listen up, man,
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