Season 2, Episode 1: What To Do When White Women Cry and Call You Angry: An Honest Conversation About Being a Black Woman In The Public Health Workforce w/ Dr. Yanique Redwood

Episode Summary:

“Wow, I wonder why she was chosen to manage the DEI Committee?” Those were the first words a young Black public health professional heard uttered out of the mouth of a white colleague on the first day of her first “real paid job” in public health. For the host of the “She Really Gets It” podcast, it was just the beginning of a career she thought would primarily entail advocating for better health systems but instead required her to fight for equity and justice in the workplace. For this week’s episode, our host sits down for a conversation with Dr. Yanique Redwood, author of “White Women Cry and Call Me Angry” to discuss the cost of being a Black woman at work and what it means for public health.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

How unhealthy work spaces can affect your health

How public health research extracts from marginalized communities and what can be done to change that.

Why Dr. Yanique Redwood left the US in search of a better quality of life.

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction and Personal Reflections

01:50 The Decision to Write a Book- “White Women Cry and Call Me Angry”

07:06 Black women and the health impacts of being fired

21:27 Navigating Work and Identity Challenges

23:27 Choosing a Healthier Life Abroad

29:59 Embracing Pleasure and Wellness

38:30 Takeaways + next steps

About Dr. Yanique Redwood:

Dr. Yanique Redwood is the author of “White Women Cry and Call Me Angry: A Black Woman’s Memoir on Racism in Philanthropy”. Dr. Redwood spent a decade as president

and CEO of IF, A Foundation for Radical Possibility, where she led the evolution

of the foundation from a focus on health equity to a focus on racial justice. She has

degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology (BS) and University of Michigan

School of Public Health (PhD, MPH).

Links & resources:

Newsletter: https://shereallygetsit.substack.com/

Guest: Dr. Yanique Redwood, https://www.whitewomencry.com/

Guest Email Contact: here2help@whitewomencry.com

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