Posted on 04/03/2025 5:32:32 AM PDT by karpov
Duke University Health System (DUHS) is the subject of a federal civil-rights complaint filed by Virginia-based medical nonprofit Do No Harm. The complaint, filed on March 19 with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, highlights Duke Health’s numerous and blatant uses of race-based preferences in hiring, medical-school admissions, and other initiatives. Also described is an apparent culture of clear and deliberate racial stereotyping, evidenced by the systemic proliferation of views that are extraordinarily controversial at best and outright bigoted at worst. Do No Harm’s filing describes Duke’s actions as “both morally wrong and legally impermissible.” Yet they are not particularly surprising. The North Carolina-based institution has come under fire in recent years for a number of racially charged controversies.
Legally problematic for Duke is the fact that it receives extensive federal funding. The institution was the beneficiary of more than $1 billion of such funds in fiscal year 2023 alone. In addition to the unwelcome spotlight shone by Do No Harm’s civil-rights complaint, Duke risks the loss of federal funding after President Donald Trump’s January 21 executive order demanding university compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Following the order, universities and colleges receiving federal funding were briefed on their possible forfeiture of such monies for noncompliance with civil-rights law. Title IV of the 1964 act specifically obligates Duke to operate programs free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin. Yet Do No Harm and others have produced many examples of the institution doing just that.
In 2024, for example, Duke physician Dr. Vignesh Raman came under fire after admitting to juking the institution’s residency standards for the sake of “diversity”:
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“Vignesh Raman”
Might be part of the problem….
Just Might
The Trump administration is serious about civil rights.
Reverse Discrimination is still Discrimination.
Do No Harm represents physicians, nurses, medical students, patients, and policymakers focused on keeping identity politics out of medical education, research, and clinical practice.
We believe in making healthcare better for all – not undermining it in pursuit of a political agenda. Do No Harm seeks to highlight and counteract divisive trends in medicine, such as “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” and youth-focused gender ideology.
We hope you become a member of Do No Harm and make further phenomenal progress possible. Hear more about our mission from our chairman, Dr. Stanley Goldfarb:
At that time, a conference was held to determine whether or not admission standards should be lowered in order to establish more "diversity". It was agreed that they should not be.
My first thought when it comes to giving federal money to universities is why are we doing it at all?
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