🧵As an NC journalist who pays attention, here's eight examples DEI/wokeness at Duke:
1. Duke Health Anti-Racism Pledge
In May 2021, Duke issued a pledge declaring "racism is a public health crisis"
Although allegedly "guided by science", under pushback from an adjunct associate, a "Duke Health senior administrator" made the following admission:
"I concede that I cannot find a randomized blinded trial that proves implicit bias is the cause of worse health outcomes for African Americans. Believe me. I have looked."
dukehealth.org/diversity-equi…
jamesgmartin.center/2023/05/duke-h…
2. PRIME-PREP
One of Duke's "signature diversity initiatives"
This NIH funded program "provides focused research training opportunities for students from backgrounds historically underrepresented in science and medicine"
The NIH definition of "Underrepresented Populations" includes women, non-White/non-Asian racial groups, people with disabilities, and people from disadvantaged backgrounds
I believe a claim has been filed regarding this program with the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
H/T @donoharmmedschool.duke.edu/about-us/equit…
medschool.duke.edu/education/biom…
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/n…
thisweekinthetriangle.com/i/104894053/du…
3. Alice M. Baldwin Scholars Program
@Mark_J_Perry has filed an OCR complaint about this Duke program for "female-identified undergraduate students"
The "advocacy" pillar of the program's objectives includes combatting "gender inequity", particularly "people with multiple marginalized identities"
thecollegefix.com/dukes-female-o…
baldwinscholars.duke.edu/program/missio…
4. Perry Initiative
After an OCR complaint against 12 universities, including Duke, for partnering with programs only open to applicants "gender-identify[ing] as female or non-binary", Duke claimed the event was opened to participant of any gender (or gender "identity")
donoharmmedicine.org/2023/05/22/duk…
5. Black Men in Medicine
Another OCR complaint has been filed against Duke for a racially exclusive initiative convened by the Vice Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion to benefit black male faculty
donoharmmedicine.org/2023/05/25/ano…
6. Racial Justice Task Force
Created by the Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) Dean's Office and Office of Diversity & Inclusion
The task force's recommendations include "address[ing] bias, racism, microaggressions, health disparities, and antiracist training in every semester of every DUSON program of study"
nursing.duke.edu/centers-and-in…
donoharmmedicine.org/2022/09/09/duk…
7. Transitioning Children
As revealed by @EdFirstNC, the director of the Duke Center for Child and Adolescent Gender Care, Dr. Deanna Adkins, was quoted in a 2016 interview as having "transgender patients as young as 2"
A more recent pro-trans article highlighted 16-year-old "Maddie", who was first socially transitioned by her mother at the age of six, then later received "puberty blockers" at the university's child gender clinic
edfirstnc.org/post/transgend…
charlotteobserver.com/article7658086…
northcarolinahealthnews.org/2023/04/18/202…
dailycaller.com/2023/04/18/chi…
8. Safe Space for Child Castration Supporterss
In response to an NC law last year banning "surgical gender transition procedures" on minors, Duke Health held a "safe and supportive space" for the "wide range of reactions and emotions" being experienced
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