Kennedy’s hearing signifies how close a man with medically racist beliefs is to becoming the US’s leading health official

  • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
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    11 hours ago

    Well would you rather have a DEI hire black doctor who has a GPA slightly less than a non-DEI white doctor? /s

    • MonkRome@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      The answer to this of you hear someone say this earnestly is: Why would they have a slightly lower GPA? If anything usually when equally qualified candidates go head to head the white person still has a statistical advantage, even with organizations that have DEI in their mission. This would imply people in disadvantaged groups usually have to be more qualified to get hired.

    • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org
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      9 hours ago

      Can we just have the most qualified doctor regardless of race in place of the unqualified heroin addict? I’ll take that. They can be a black trans lesbian (or not for any/all of those) for all it matters, so long as they actually know their shit.

      Like RFK has already blown his stopped clock moment, and it was about food additives - can we get someone who will still do that bit but is also otherwise competent?