An Arab-American woman, Safiya has experienced a racist doctor, asked to pass as another race for work, and has watched her kids navigate racist situations too. She shares her candid experiences and explains when she just puts up with microaggressions (especially when it comes to the world of medicine).
00:00 "You could totally pass for Native. Could you just put some braids in your hair?"
00:20 Do you remember your first Minnesota microaggression?
01:18 Racist doctors, Karen, and medical microaggressions
03:11 Do you feel like going through these experiences helps you prepare your children for what might happen in the world?
04:10 Arab-Americans are counted as white on the census
05:04 "I tolerate a lot. Do I think that specific doctor is going to change his way of being? No."
THAT GOT WEIRD — Confronting the uncomfortable in hopes of bridging the divides. A new series from Twin Cities PBS (TPT) that reveals true stories of racism experienced by Indigenous, Black, Asian and other people of color in Minnesota. Along with a promise of anonymity, each subject interviewed has a hand in designing their own character and giving it a pseudonym. No roosters were harmed in the making of this series.
THAT GOT WEIRD is presented as part of TPT's Racism Unveiled Storytelling Initiative, which aims to call out racism and highlight solutions from our communities to end systemic racism. Racism Unveiled is funded generously by Otto Bremer Trust, Health Partners, the St. Paul and Minnesota Foundations and US Bank.
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