Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

Had a great day where I learned a lot, but reality of being a #WOC, is that I had a good day in spite of racial microaggressions. [Thread]pic.twitter.com/9JzWTl4r8T

In a room full of professionals, 2 White women, in completely different conversations made fun of my name. "I'll never be able to say it!"pic.twitter.com/dsa0Jvd0TU

I introduce myself. "What?!," White woman leans in close my chest where my name tag is. "I would never even know how to read that! [Laughs]"pic.twitter.com/QxwxFtxkFy

You can ask me how to pronounce my name - but making a show of your discomfort is just White people saying they don't know any #POC.pic.twitter.com/79HjXWjUPn

I meet new people all the time, so I am forced to watch White people act as if saying my name is an incredible imposition or feat. It isn't.pic.twitter.com/iMK7oRw9XY

That's a lifetime of same racist interactions, on top of discrimination throughout school, career, everyday life. And I'm expected to laughpic.twitter.com/kyXC7px313

Then I tell White woman # 3 I work with vulnerable populations. She begins complaining about coworker she's decided is "on the spectrum"pic.twitter.com/XAM9aUNBN9

It is not even 10am. 7 hours to go with WW who use race and disability as "jokes" & slurs. I'm the only one explaining why this is not okpic.twitter.com/HT0er2GgzF