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Fewer white people is a “strategic priority for academic medicine."

Do they experience racism in utero?

It also wants universal healthcare — but only for blacks.

“Racism should be seen as a public-health issue.”

Lunacy from what used to be a respected medical journal.

Approximately 40 medical schools have done so.

"The thin ideal is definitely a white ideal."

It tells clinics to prioritize becoming "anti-racist and trauma-informed."

Unvaxxed illegals are promised free healthcare.

The virus used to be called "monkeypox."

"White people are being punished in the name of righting nonexistent wrongs, but patients of every race will suffer."

"It almost felt like I was having a bit of my decision taken away from me."

"Black women are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women."

“They’re American in every way except for on paper."

When social media and black Africa collide.

A Chinese general recently declared interest in bioweapons that would target specific ethnic groups.

"Unfortunately, we do need to keep this space specific to BIPOC folks."

Scientists demand the censorship of science.

Nicholas Wade is a sinner for believing in the biological basis of race.

“It would serve as an incentive for additional undocumented immigration into our country."

The state is facing a projected $22.5 billion deficit.

"We . . . recognize the acts and systems of oppression effected in the name of medicine."

"Most algorithms in computer vision improved fairness by harming all groups."

Immigrants enrich Europe with diphtheria, scabies, and tuberculosis.

Students' "commitment to social and racial justice" is more important.

No faith in the future.

What a social worker learned about race and corruption.

Smart!

"Even the tools that we have for caring for patients are inherently biased."

"They’re saying white women should start building up their strength because we need more white babies."

"We are committed to having a diverse workforce."

"There have been reports that such devices were significantly less accurate in measuring blood oxygen levels based on skin color."

"Entrenched systemic racism," to be precise.

She claims a similar-sized white colleague kept her job.

An Asian Republican proposed the measure.

“Our structurally racist societies are unsafe for too many communities, families and individuals.”

What a social worker learned about blacks.

"Whitewashing one of the most horrific incidences of governmental racism."

Mr. Sandman is a racist.

"Words or actions that are disrespectful, racist, discriminatory, hostile, or harassing are not welcome."

International body claims the original term was "racist" towards Africans.

Seventy-five percent of medical schools lobby for "diversity, inclusion, and equity" policies.

“You’re seeing a kind of dying-of-Whiteness phenomenon in the covid data."

A token sample of the free healthcare to come.

Medical students pledge: "We recognize the inequities built by past and present traumas rooted in white supremacy."

That pesky social construct is acting up again.

"It's. . . the first test of woke ideology in the courts."

“Diet culture, fatphobia and systems of oppression have created false hierarchies of food; it shows up everywhere.”

Public health trumps accusations of "racism."

"[T]he shortening of life span was more pronounced among white Americans than among Black Americans."

Medical students must pledge their fealty.

Nearly 40 percent of black students are not vaccinated.

The change is meant to "avoid causing offense to any cultural, social, national, regional, professional, or ethnic groups."

This is what passes for science.

“It is hard to imagine a more inequitable and socially unjust USDA practice than the force feeding of milk to [minority] children."

Even hot weather is racist.

Black med students score a standard deviation below whites on a key licensing exam.

"It’s important to consider how racially inclusive these lifestyles seem.”

The current name "may reignite these traumatic feelings of racism and stigma — particularly for black people."

Less than a quarter of sub-Saharan Africans use modern contraceptives.

Wisdom from a Yale medical professor.

The CDC blames "health inequities."

Is tardiness a black supremacy value?

"While Black residents account for about 5% of all residents, they accounted for nearly 20% of those who were dismissed in 2015."

“They’ve stripped away our right to vote, and now women have lost their right to their own body."

The death rate for whites now exceeds others.

"Nomenclature of this virus being African is not only inaccurate but is also discriminatory and stigmatizing."

Only 5.4 percent of doctors are black.

Black med professor claims her school punished her for attacking "systemic racism."

WaPo can't answer that question.

"We condemn the perpetuation of this negative stereotype that assigns calamity to the African race."

The hospital insists it is "actively working to eradicate unconscious bias in health care and advance equity."

It believes all race-based differences are due to things like "systemic racism."

Province premier: "Systemic racism and the long-lasting effects of colonialism have unfairly held people back."

“It creates a bias in who is able to get care and who cannot get care."