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‘Be brave & be an ally’ – TV doctor speaks out about social media abuse she has faced

“But what I don’t agree with is that you can pick apart my scientific opinion, but if you are then picking apart my colour, my faith that I choose to practise, my gender as a woman, then that is not on.'

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2021-03-29 14:20
in Media, News
Undated handout videograb of Dr Nighat Arif. Credit;PA

Undated handout videograb of Dr Nighat Arif. Credit;PA

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A GP who has suffered abuse at the hands of social media trolls due to her colour, faith and gender has spoken out about the discrimination she has faced.

Dr Nighat Arif, based at a surgery in Chesham in Buckinghamshire, said she accepts people picking apart her scientific opinion but that commenting on aspects of her identity is unacceptable.

The TV doctor, who has appeared on BBC Breakfast and ITV’s This Morning, said the volume of abuse she received after suggesting that face coverings will be part of life for a number of years was “immense”.

Discredit

Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Dr Arif said: “I don’t mind people picking on the way I look because unfortunately the way I look is very different to what you see on TV, I get that.

“You know we still want to know that everybody fits into the normal prototype of what is ‘normal’ on TV, and unfortunately what you look like and not what your brain is like, you know the intellect or things, is what we value individuals on.

“I understand that.”

To discredit someone’s voice or opinion based on colour, faith, gender, sexuality, disability or ANY thing that makes them different should be called out.

Learn the differences & you will see you have more in common than you think.

Be brave & be an ally where possible ? https://t.co/QQUFLD1CTZ

— ?? ?????? ???? (@DrNighatArif) March 29, 2021

She added: “I gave my opinion based on how we know viruses behave, and face coverings, whether we like it or not, in some degree, will have to be part of our mainstay for a number of years to come.

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“I’m really sorry if that isn’t something that people want to hear.”

Dr Arif compared the precaution of wearing face masks to the wearing of seat belts in cars.

“We wear seat belts every day, and I make sure the passengers in my car wear a seat belt, because it’s not because I’m afraid or something, it’s because I know that, if I’m involved in a car accident, I and those people in my car are safe with me.

Discrimination

“And we have to keep thinking of the virus like that. We have to keep those and ourselves safe for many, many years to come.

“But what I don’t agree with is that you can pick apart my scientific opinion, but if you are then picking apart my colour, my faith that I choose to practise, my gender as a woman, then that is not on.

“And loads of people are calling this out, but the volume this time was just immense and I felt that I had to call it out because, as a doctor who works in the NHS, has worked in the pandemic, that gives me some privileges and also gives me some support and some confidence to be able to call out discrimination.”

Dr Arif tweeted the clip of her speaking on BBC Breakfast and wrote: “To discredit someone’s voice or opinion based on colour, faith, gender, sexuality, disability or ANY thing that makes them different should be called out.

“Learn the differences & you will see you have more in common than you think.

“Be brave & be an ally where possible.”

Related: Reactions as Matt Hancock backs calls to fly union flags from hospitals

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