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Duke Health Hit With Civil-Rights Complaint
James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | April 3, 2025 | Mike Markham

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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TOPICS: Education; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: duke; medicalschool; racialpreferences

1 posted on 04/03/2025 5:32:32 AM PDT by karpov
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To: karpov

“Vignesh Raman”

Might be part of the problem….

Just Might


2 posted on 04/03/2025 5:42:31 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: karpov

The Trump administration is serious about civil rights.


3 posted on 04/03/2025 5:50:32 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: karpov

Reverse Discrimination is still Discrimination.


4 posted on 04/03/2025 6:10:28 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (‘Never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals’)
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To: karpov

https://donoharmmedicine.org/

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:


5 posted on 04/03/2025 7:00:13 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: karpov
If the information in this article is true, Duke has deteriorated dramatically from the magnificent place it was in the 1960's.

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.

6 posted on 04/03/2025 7:33:46 AM PDT by Savage Beast (There's a Light over the Whole World. I just want everybody to be happy, healthy and well. --DJT)
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To: karpov

My first thought when it comes to giving federal money to universities is why are we doing it at all?


7 posted on 04/03/2025 9:29:45 AM PDT by cymbeline
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