In today’s dietetic field, there is a painful lack of diversity amongst professionals. Whitney’s guest today, Dalia Kinsey, is a firm believer in the power of diversity and strongly encourages dialogue about cultural competence and inclusion in the dietetics profession. Dalia is a weight neutral Registered Dietitian and School Nutrition Specialist on a mission to make nutrition simple, accessible, and fun. She prides herself on using her new podcast School Nutrition Dietitian as a platform to strengthen K-12 nutrition through inclusion and a variety of perspectives. Openly discussing the intersection of weight and nutrition is the best way to change the profession.

Whitney shares:

• Dealing with the emotional and health effects of others’ microaggressions
• Facing microaggressions when becoming a dietitian
• Problems with defining anyone by a physical characteristic
• Being aware of the influence of someone’s environment
• Looking at people as individuals and not part of a stereotype
• Creating a false dichotomy when it comes to racism
• Feeling overly-welcomed from a predominantly white group
• How race and gender can affect someone’s medical diagnosis
• Why everyone is racist in one way or another
• Letting other people’s racism be there problem so you can work on yourself
• Correctly responding to knowing that you did something wrong
   

Links to Resources:

Check out Dalia’s podcast School Nutrition Dietitian

Keep up with Dalia on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, or at her website: www.schoolnutritiondietitian.com

Learn more about implicit biases and microaggressions here https://equity.ucla.edu/know/implicit-bias/

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