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I am black and reject diversity programming. Here’s why.

A little more than 55 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech captured the nation, demanding justice and equality. King envisioned a future built on character-based judgment, not skin color. Yet, today, it feels like this reality is slipping further away, and the Left’s diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda shares some of the blame.

As a black Southerner, I’ve never been comfortable with the idea of racial preferences in policy. At a young age, I was taught the nasty history of racial discrimination in America. I came to understand that all racists believe their preferred forms of racial discrimination to be the “good” kind.

George Washington University Has a DEI Problem

Washington DC DEI Op-Ed Ian Kingsbury, PhD

George Washington University has announced the establishment of a Center for Jewish Education whose priorities include “addressing the pressing issue of antisemitism on American college campuses.” The prestigious institution has good reason to be concerned about campus antisemitism, but whether this move represents a token gesture or an earnest desire for change will ultimately be determined by whether the university dismantles its office of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

The George Washington University is no stranger to the issue of campus antisemitism. In October, members of the organization Students for Justice in Palestine projected the slogans “glory to our martyrs” and “from the River to the Sea” on the side of the campus library. The stunt earned the organization a 90 day suspension and the university sharp words from Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, who characterized it as “a call for the destruction of the Jewish state.”

Maine government steers children to transgender activist groups

Maine Gender Ideology Media Mention

EXCLUSIVE — Maine’s Department of Education guides gender-confused students toward a “youth programming” resource suggesting that “self-fulfillment” and “empowerment” can be found in “live gay porn cams,” according to the government website.

Outright Lewiston-Auburn, along with several other organizations, is part of a network of transgender activist organizations cited as resources for minors by the Maine government and major partners of MaineHealth, the state’s largest healthcare network. MaineHealth is host to a prolific gender clinic at the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital.

Read the full article on the Washington Examiner.

LGBT Activists Tout Survey On ‘Satisfaction’ After Gender Transitions. There’s Just One Problem

Gender Ideology Media Mention

A recent survey promoted by trans activists found that over 90% of transgender Americans reported higher “life satisfaction” after transitioning genders; however, experts who spoke to the Daily Caller News Foundation expressed concerns about the survey’s methods.

The 2022 U.S. Trans Survey’s (USTS) Early Insights, released on Feb. 7, surveyed over 90,000 people and was “open to binary and nonbinary transgender people aged 16” and up. The study found that of respondents “who lived at least some of the time in a different gender than the one they were assigned at birth,” 79% said they were “a lot more satisfied” and 15% said they were only a “little more satisfied” with their life after transitioning.

David Haskell: Rise in Anti-Semitism Related to the Proliferation of DEI Doctrine

DEI Media Mention

Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital is now receiving increased police protection following a pro-Palestinian protest held outside its doors on Feb. 12. It was reported that protesters blocked access—an offence under the Criminal Code—and chanted in support of the terrorist group Hamas.

Organizers of the protest have denied that Mount Sinai was targeted because of its links to Toronto’s Jewish community (it was founded by the city’s Jews when Jewish doctors were facing public discrimination). However, that claim has been met with skepticism.

Our professional psychiatric association has abandoned evidence-based care

Gender Ideology Op-Ed Miriam Grossman, MD

In a world of confusing and contradictory messages about the meaning of male and female, where can families, health professionals and the public turn for guidance?

We are psychiatrists who care for transgender-identified youths, and we believe the answer should be simple: the American Psychiatric Association. The association calls for the “highest ethical standards of professional conduct.” Its publishing house claims to offer clinicians “authoritative, up to date … information.” But with the publication late last year of Gender-Affirming Psychiatric Care, the American Psychiatric Association has abandoned its professed mission of promoting ethical, evidence-based care.

‘Total disgrace:’ LGBTQ nursing course called out for prioritizing activism over healthcare

Missouri Gender Ideology Medical School Media Mention

A Missouri lawmaker recently criticized a new LGBTQ nursing class at the University of Missouri at Saint Louis where students wrote songs and books to raise awareness about the “disparities and injustices facing the LGBTQ community.”

The course, “Healthcare Within the LGBTQIAA+ Community,” was offered for the first time in the fall 2023 semester through the nursing and honors colleges, but there are no plans to offer it again in the future.

UCLA medical school assignments call for abolition of borders, says crisis ‘imagined:’ Report

California DEI University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine Medical School Media Mention

First year medical students at UCLA’s medical school were allegedly assigned readings from activists and educators calling for the abolition of borders, according to a medical transparency group.

Do No Harm said the readings were assigned in the required course, “Structural Racism and Health Equity.” Copies of the documents were shared with National Review on Thursday.

In one reading from a scholarly paper entitled, “Beyond border health: Infrastructural violence and the health of border abolition,” the authors call for a “no borders system that privileges liberatory solidarity with migrants.”

Opinion: Alberta is right: Children should be protected from transgender procedures

Gender Ideology Op-Ed Roy Eappen, MD

In Alberta, at least, science and common sense still reign.

That’s the reality now that Premier Danielle Smith has prohibited transgender procedures for children. In Alberta, kids under the age of 16 will no longer be eligible to receive puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones, while sex-change surgeries will be limited to those 18 and older.

Veteran nurse slams Virginia bill to force nurses into implicit bias training

Virginia DEI Media Mention

A veteran nurse slammed the Virginia General Assembly’s latest bill that would force nurses across the commonwealth to receive implicit bias training in order to obtain and keep their medical licenses.

“The bill proposes that without the implicit bias training, that licenses will not be able to be renewed, and this is a little surprising in a time when we’ve heard much news about the lack of nurses and physicians available to take care of patients already,” Laura Morgan, a nurse and chief of staff of Do No Harm, said in a radio interview on WMAL’s O’Connor and Company.

New NYT Piece Could Signal Tide Is Turning Against Child Mutilation

Gender Ideology Media Mention

Transgender activists have pushed their own ideological extremism,” reads a new op-ed from the New York Times.

Yes, you read that right. This is not a Fox News chyron, a tweet from Libs of TikTok, or an excerpt from “Do No Harm,” The Daily Caller’s groundbreaking documentary on the pediatric transgender crisis. No, this is the most respectable liberal paper in the country calling out its own readers for being insane.

Med schools push flawed race-matching, watchdog warns

DEI Media Mention

Many medical schools are adopting a flawed theory called “racial concordance” to justify admitting students based on their race, a medical watchdog organization warned in a new report.

Regardless of the Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action last June, many institutions of higher education, including medical schools, still appear to be seeking ways to keep race a part of their admissions process.

Here’s What the Majority of Voters Think of Life-Altering Gender Surgeries for Kids

Gender Ideology Media Mention

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) ended up in hot water with his party late last year for vetoing legislation that would protect vulnerable children from irreversible, experimental sex change procedures. Following backlash for his decision, DeWine signed an executive order banning these services for children, before the state legislature overturned his veto entirely.

While LGBTQ+ advocates like to claim that children deserve to have access to these life-altering procedures, the majority of American voters feel otherwise.

GOP State Senator Who Fought Against Woke Schools Is Now Pushing Bill Requiring ‘Racial Bias’ Training For Nurses

Virginia DEI Board of Nursing, Medical Board, State legislature Media Mention

Republican state Sen. Chris Head of Virginia is sponsoring a bill that would require nurses to complete “racial bias” training despite having campaigned heavily against Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the past.

On the “Traditional Values” section of Head’s website, it says that the Virginia state senator regularly fights for “legislation that limits government interference in our daily lives” and “opposes the radical teaching of CRT in our public schools.” Despite this, Head has been pushing Senate Bill 35, which would require nurses to “complete continuing learning activities on the topics of unconscious bias and cultural competency” if they wish to get their license renewed.

Venture Fund’s Diversity Grant Defense Meets Doubtful Court

DEI Media Mention

An Atlanta venture fund catering to Black women business owners met with skepticism from a pair of federal appellate judges Wednesday, as its lawyers argued a grant contest doesn’t amount to illegal racial bias because the First Amendment protects its freedom of expression.

Judges Robert J. Luck and Kevin C. Newsom questioned whether the presence of a pro-diversity cause in Fearless Fund Management’s business grant program was sufficient to prevent it from being unlawful under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. Luck and Newsom were joined by Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum in hearing Fearless Fund’s case, which attracted an overflow crowd at the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Miami.

Gender Ideology with Miriam Grossman, M.D.

Gender Ideology Media Mention

Dr. Miriam Grossman steps into the spotlight, bringing forth her seasoned expertise on the perplexing issue of gender ideology and the medicalization of children. Her insight cuts through the noise, unpacking the transformation of gender into a social construct and the startling rise in children identifying as transgender. This is a thought-provoking discussion that challenges the current narrative and lays bare the concerns surrounding the direction of child and adolescent psychiatric care.

Amid the exploration of this sensitive topic, we confront the burgeoning phenomenon of detransitioners, whose voices seem lost in the clamor for gender-affirming care. Dr. Grossman sheds light on the potential psychology behind this regret and the social dynamics that could be contributing to a rise in gender dysphoria diagnoses. By bringing critical attention to the work of organizations like the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine, our conversation underscores the necessity of staying abreast of the ever-evolving research in this contentious field.

Listen more on the Real Clear Podcast.

Anti-Semitism, Wokeness, And Why A Strong America Is Essential To Israel’s Survival, Part 2: Wokeness Is Destroying America — One Student at a Time

DEI Media Mention

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” – George Orwell

I love the United States and want it to be strong and prosperous. I am embarrassed by the fact that it took a catastrophe in Israel to wake me up to the realization that American universities have become epicenters of “wokeness” and green shoots of socialism that are gradually destroying our awesome country.

I know what you may be thinking: Wokeness is the enemy? Really? Next, he’ll be picking on Winnie-the-Pooh.

It’s not just Harvard: Woke healthcare leaders are unfit to lead, too

DEI Op-Ed

Elite universities aren’t the only institutions that need to fire or force out their woke leaders.

The resignations of Claudine Gay and Liz Magill from Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania, respectively, came after they demonstrated their commitment to DEI, which has enabled the rise of racial discrimination and hatred on their campuses. Yet something similar is happening at America’s most prestigious medical institutions. And as I’ve seen firsthand, medical leaders won’t ditch DEI of their own accord — they need to be ditched like these university presidents.

Consider the American College of Surgeons (ACS), of which I am a longtime member. Founded to promote the highest standards of surgery, the ACS has instead stooped to launching endless DEI initiatives, programs, and departments dedicated to them. Tellingly, voices that question this have been routinely silenced by its leadership. For instance, after I pointed out the lack of evidence justifying DEI in surgery, the ACS banned me from its online forums and blocked my access to its nationwide directory of surgeons. They don’t want me telling my fellow surgeons the truth about DEI.

The ACS’s leadership knows exactly what it’s doing. Founded in 1913 to advance the art and science of surgery, the ACS proclaimed its mission was to “Heal all with skill and fidelity.” That requires excellence in surgical care. yet DEI threatens excellence and patient health. The ACS leaders have turned their back on the reason for the organization’s existence, much as Harvard and other elite universities have abandoned excellence in education in favor of radical indoctrination.