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Teaching hospitals pledge to hire, treat more minorities (Boston)
Boston Globe ^ | April 16, 2018 | Liz Kowalczyk

Posted on 04/18/2018 5:52:56 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

Two of Boston’s top teaching hospitals said they are expanding efforts to hire more black and Latino doctors, and to ensure their facilities are welcoming to minorities they treat — an attempt to address two longstanding issues in the health care industry.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, one of the nation’s leading cancer centers, plans to hire a new leader for diversity programs and to require all faculty and administrative leaders to complete a bias awareness workshop, and has set diversity goals in its 2018 strategic plan.

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To: ConservativeStatement

Hell with quality, we need to fill a quota.
That’s the status of our society today.
Tolerate mediocrity for PC’s sake.


21 posted on 04/19/2018 4:44:27 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: ConservativeStatement

So these hospitals want to become like VA hospitals?


22 posted on 04/19/2018 4:52:47 AM PDT by bkopto
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To: Gay State Conservative

And which is actually racist and discriminatory. While no one should be refused a job based on their color, which affirmative action is promoted as combating, it actually promotes just that. Meaning that the best qualified candidate in skill and character can be refused employment if they are not the “right” color since the fulfilling the quota dictated by the diversity ethos trumps hiring the best qualified candidate regardless of color, national origin etc. .


23 posted on 04/19/2018 6:02:02 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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