Description

In this episode of Black Cancer, Frantz Berthaud, whose professional life as an Administrative Director at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and personal life collide.

This episode is titled “The Malignancy of Both” because Frantz and I discuss the malignancy of racism and what our world could look like if we attacked it with the level of rigor we do cancer. We also talk about his journey with his sister’s triple negative breast cancer, its malignancy, and the tools his sister sent for him to change the course of cancer for other women of color like her. Just like all the other episodes this season, we recorded this interview during the COVID-19 pandemic. This becomes our entry point into talking about racism in the workplace and in our healthcare system.

Here are Frantz’s listener recommendations:

Something to read:

• When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Breath_Becomes_Air
  
  

Something to listen to:

• Recordings from and songs enjoyed by your loved ones
• I’m There Too by Michelle Featherstone | https://open.spotify.com/track/1qSDPZ2Xt6jfph4nmIgLJ0?si=_vRUFJPQT3azFk1l9WQp6A
  
  

Someone to know: 

• Bernard Tyson | https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/business/bernard-j-tyson-dead.html
  
  

Bonus Links

• Artist Who Did His Sister’s Portrait | https://instagram.com/artmandosilva?igshid=d1tinakekg2a
• Ibram X. Kendi's books | https://www.ibramxkendi.com/
• Ibram X. Kendi’s article on cancer diagnosis | https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/ibram-x-kendi-what-i-learned-cancer/579928/
• More on Triple Negative Breast Cancer | https://www.dana-farber.org/health-library/articles/triple-negative-breast-cancer/
• Jodi-Ann Burey and TedxSeattle | https://tedxseattle.com/speakers/jodi-ann-burey/