UNC medical school disbands its diversity, equity and inclusion taskforce trends now
The University of North Carolina's medical school has disbanded its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) taskforce, without having ever implemented its recommendations.
The institution had previously banned DEI statements for admissions, hiring, promotions, and tenures. Before this, the medical school required applicants to submit a statement detailing their commitment to DEI.
The task force's recommendations included that students subjects like 'Understanding that America's medical system is structurally racist' and 'Understanding and Responding to Microaggressions.'
UNC's decision comes after the activist group Color Us United, which advocates for a 'race blind America,' campaigned for the university to axe its DEI policies for medical school staff and students.
Kenny Xu, the organization's president, told Fox News Digital DEI frameworks 'lower the quality of doctors and inundate their students with ideologies that have nothing to do with what is medically necessary.'
The University of North Carolina's medical school has disbanded its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) taskforce
The task force's recommendations included that students subjects like 'Understanding that America's medical system is structurally racist'
Xu said UNC is 'the first medical school to revoke their DEI framework without legislative interference, because it shows that we convinced key decision makers on the merits of revoking DEI, and showed it’s harmful consequences on employees, student education, and the public.'
He added that Color Us United will now lobby other medical schools to remove 'DEI’s divisive influence.'
The group has fought DEI programs in the past, including when a small school district in California planned to spend $40 million teaching 'ethnic studies' to high school students.
The UNC taskforce gave the recommendations in 2020, taking advisement from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
It claimed: 'A wealth of literature has demonstrated disparities in health care access, quality, and outcomes. We now know these disparities are apparent both across our healthcare system and within most individual providers’ patient panels.'
The taskforce's stated goals included finding environments where diverse groups of students thrive, training in areas of social justice and DEI, recruiting students from diverse backgrounds, eliminating racist content and terminology from the
