Front Matter
Preliminary Material
Section 1: Silence
Overcoming Isolation and Rediscovering My Purpose
Experiences of Underrepresented People in Pharmacy and Pharmacy Education
The Day My Soul Stood Up
A Racialized Inpatient Sickle Cell Crisis Experience
Insight from the Editors: The Administrative Perspective
Section 2: Isolating Systems
Bridging Transgenerational Trauma and Isolation to Cultivate Safe Spaces Within Communities
Breaking Barriers: Lessons in Leadership and Diversity in Pharmacy Education
Insight from the Editors: The Differential
Insight from the Editors: What Will We Choose?
Insight from the Editors: The Exception. The Unicorn. The Chameleon. The Catalyst.
Section 3: The Status Quo
Representation Matters
The Color of Medicine: My Journey Through Pharmacy Residency
Soy Boricua
Redefining the Concept of Professionalism
Identification
Dear Ancestors
The Story of a Biracial Black and Latina Woman’s Career Journey into Pharmacy and Pharmacy Education
Empowering Pharmacy: Navigating the Shadows of Recognition
Section 4: Malignant Messages
Dispensed and Then Dismissed: A Queer Pharmacist’s Fight Against Invisibility in LGBTQIA+ Healthcare
You Are Not Just Your Accomplishments, You Are Enough
“Let’s Meet Over Lunch”
Pain Has No Prejudice: Implicit Bias in the Setting of Pain Management
Prescription of Prejudice
Reflection Questions
Self-Reflection Questions
Team- or Group-Based Reflection Questions
Organizational and Leadership Reflection Questions

Melanin or Merit? A Pharmacy Student’s Struggle with Racial Identity and Confidence

in Hidden Narratives
Author:
Kristal Potter
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37573/9781585287291.025
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