Posts regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion in science, medicine, education, and community written by faculty, staff, medical students, and graduate students at the UVM Larner College of Medicine. Topics frequently covered include race and racism, implicit bias, gender and sexuality, ability, and life experiences.
Sheridan Finnie is a Class of 2022 medical student at the UVM Larner College of Medicine. In October 2021, Finnie traveled to rural New Mexico to rotate with physicians and healthcare providers at Zuni Comprehensive Health Center, an Indian Health Service (IHS) site.
Unconscious bias, the gaslighting demon of an equity destroyer, plays with our minds much like Plato’s cave shadows—dancing sardonically behind our cognition, scorning the idea that we know what we are, how we think about ourselves and how we know the world.
Your path ahead will be paved with difficulty. You will face this path with fortitude and with fierceness. But, there are times when you may slow down and sometimes slip. And that is okay. Feel free to take down your mask sometimes.
