Cameroon-born, Harvard-trained Dr. Nche Zama, spoke against DEI at the University of North Carolina Medical School beside activist Kenny Xu — prompting the school to ditch woke plans.
to say the organization was concerned about possible First Amendment violations incurred by the school’s DEI policies.But the school revealed it was backing off of many of its 84 DEI task force recommendations in response to the letter from FIRE.the school saidThe letter also said there is no plan to implement the task force’s recommendations now or in the future.
Dr. Zama, said he spoke out against the UNC Medical School’s taskforce because he believes DEI policies at medical schools actually hurt minoritiesColor Us United, “We needed a win at UNC medical school to go to Harvard and Stanford medical schools and say what you guys are doing is not scientifically necessary,” Xu said. “It doesn’t help the quality of patient care.”Kate Medleywhich details how he watched his mother bleed out in childbirth and die when he was only 10 and then how he later came to the US with almost no money and became a surgeon, said that racism is a reality but lowering standards in medical school for minority students is a bad idea.
“Health care is the most important thing on this planet and to lower the standards to satisfy a policy is unfair to the patient and to the doctor who may not have the level of confidence and ability he or she should have because of these policies. DEI has drowned out what real diversity should look like.”
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