Vanessa Grubbs MD

@thenephrologist

UCSF Assoc Professor of Nephrology, kidney donor, author of HUNDREDS OF INTERLACED FINGERS, & blogger at expressing things on my mind

Oakland, CA
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    Human beings are human being. What separates them is not complexion, but oppression, stigma, mythologies and access governed by complexion…

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    Sep 10

    Hank Aaron has joined the .

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    Sep 10

    Retweet if you are boycotting the .

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  4. Sep 10

    My White Friend Asked Me on Facebook to Explain White Privilege. I Decided to Be Honest via

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    Sep 9

    Great review of wonderful book!

    Thx 4 beautiful review of my A compatible couple, in more ways than 1
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    Sep 9

    I always tell ppl that many of the white folks who were spitting on, beating up, & lynching black ppl are still alive & they're still voting

    Ruby Bridges, the first black child to attend an all-white public elementary in the South, was born on this date. She's 63.
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    Thx 4 beautiful review of my A compatible couple, in more ways than 1

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    Sep 8

    Watch this from the Greatest - Muhammad Ali - and then think of just how much it applies to Colin Kaepernick.

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    Sep 8

    Together, let's boycott the NFL. Why and how, alongside our terms and conditions can be found here:

    81 replies 636 retweets 1,491 likes
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    Sep 7

    Are you a Dreamer whose renewal is set to expire before 3/5/18? You MUST renew before October 5. Spread the word.

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  11. Sep 7

    Love them both. Would feel like I had won either way. Congrats .

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    Sep 7

    The single most important piece ever written about Donald Trump is this. By . Essential.

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    Sep 5

    Donald Trump is saying in every way possible that power in America is white, straight and male and all else are targets.

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    Sep 3

    there are really only two types of people: 1. got mine, fuck you 2. nobody should have to endure this the rest is just details

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    Sep 5

    I have zero patience for empty virtue signalling on this. You're a member of Congress. Don't tell us how sad and pious you are; pass a law.

    "For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me"; Matthew 25:35
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    Sep 5

    When you have two "once every 500 years" storms IN THE SAME WEEK it is time to acknowledge the climate has changed.

    Category 5 Hurricane closing in on the Leeward Islands with sustained 185 mph winds. Catastrophic damage expected along its path.
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    Sep 5

    This isn't about crime. This isn't about national security. This isn't about the economy. This is about pandering to his racist base.

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    Sep 5

    DACA recipients ineligible for: - Medicaid - Food Stamps - SSI - Welfare - Section 8 - ACA Please stop lying,

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    Sep 5

    Let's be clear, this was not an economic decision. It's nothing more than a cruel ploy to inspire fear and anger towards immigrants.

    Sessions is claiming Dreamers stole American jobs w/o presenting evidence.
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    Sep 5

    I'm tired of people having to prove their economic value to the system of white supremacy as justification for their existence.

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