2 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Joy
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You're listening to the Nocturnist, Black Voices in Healthcare. I'm Ashley McMullen. As black healthcare workers, we are so diverse. Some of us are descendants of slaves. Some of our families came to the US to escape violence. And some of us came looking for opportunity.
What does “Black joy” mean to the hosts and why is it important?
But no matter where we came from, the legacy of anti-blackness runs deep. And while black pain may be what others see when they look at us, we know that we are so much more. We are strong. We're creative. We are exuberant and we are doing great things. After taking a moment to honor our collective grief in last week's episode, we wanted to focus this week on what makes us come alive. Here are your voices. This is episode two. Joy.
I am sitting on my porch right now. And um it's Juneteenth, actually. Juneteenth is all about celebration, man. And to me being black every day is a celebration. I I do like to make sure people don't get it twisted that with all the pain and All the things that make it heavy. I I've yet to meet somebody who would trade it, you know, who would trade being black. Um And it's good to love who you are, right? One of my favorite things about being black. In Atlanta. In the safety net hospital where I work. It's the way black people talk. I love it. I love how comfortable and easy African American vernacular is. For me. Now recognize that every black person was not sort of raised on African American vernacular, but I was.
My parents are from Alabama. They both went to historically black colleges. I grew up in a predominantly black neighborhood. And um For college and medical school, I attended historically black institutions. And if I know you well and you are fairly comfortable with African American vernacular, I am likely to speak to you with that. And particularly if you black. So When I'm walking in the Grady some mornings, man, I'll be pulling into the parking garage. The security officer'll look at me and I can't find my badge and he'll be like You always can't find your badge. W what you be doing with your badge, doctor Manning? I'm like, I don't know. Like I get home and I don't I don't know, I just take it off and I end up just forgetting it, man.
Hook your girl up. He's like, Okay, you know I got you and you know I got you. And that's that. And then I walk out of the parking garage into the elevator and I'll see somebody and they'll say, Hey, hey, what's up, Doctor Manning? What's up, Doctor Manning? I ain't seen you in like a minute. And I'll be like, I know, right? Um, where you been, Doctor Manning?
How does Dr. Manning describe the role of African‑American vernacular in patient care?
I'm like, I've been here, man, I've been here. I've been right here. I mean, for like a hot second I was, you know, on quarantine, but you know, I've been around. Oh that's what's up. That's what's up. So um how the boys doing? Oh, them boys doing good. They big though. They getting big and they eat me out of house and home. They out of school? Yeah, they out of school. They need to get back in school. Lord, Lord. Don't hurt them, Dr. Manning. Don't hurt 'em. I'ma try. I'ma try. I might have to send them over there with you. And you know what? That that just makes makes my heart soar. So Because I am comfortable, you know, with with African American vernacular, I use it liberally every day at work. And why would I not use something that I know could make my patients more comfortable?
I start off formal. But by the second time or third time that I've seen you, if I see that it's more comfortable for me to relate to you in the in this language that we relate in. Oh baby, that's how I'ma talk to you. So, your last day in the hospital? Hey there, sir, what you no good? You ready to get up out of this hospital? Oh, Miss Manning, if it was that was any better, take two of me. Oh Lord, okay. Now who coming to get you? Oh my son, he gon' carry me home. Now your son, he stay with you? No, my son don't stay with me. He stay about a block away. He's the one coming to get me. How's a wife? Oh she's doing good. She's doing good. You got all your medicine? I got everything I need, Miss Manny. All right then, sir.
I'ma talk to you later. All right.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:03–0:25
2
What does “Black joy” mean to the hosts and why is it important?
0:25–3:03
3
How does Dr. Manning describe the role of African‑American vernacular in patient care?
3:03–5:25
4
What was the impact of the Black Joy Parade and Black Panther on the speaker’s sense of community?
5:25–16:01
5
How did a Black patient’s gratitude shape a resident’s love for medicine?
16:01–25:56
6
What lessons does the speaker draw from their grandparents’ experiences in healthcare?
25:56–31:46