In ten years, if I require the needs of a doctor, I’m going to be more than hesitant to choose one who is black or Hispanic. Five years ago, race of my health provider would have been nothing but incidental (well you have to be smart to get into med school right?) Instead, I’ll likely question their background; was he a DEI initiative gr…
In ten years, if I require the needs of a doctor, I’m going to be more than hesitant to choose one who is black or Hispanic. Five years ago, race of my health provider would have been nothing but incidental (well you have to be smart to get into med school right?) Instead, I’ll likely question their background; was he a DEI initiative graduate or did he get through on merit.? Well it’s my health and I can’t take the chance that he was pushed through med school because of his ethnicity, so I’m going to select the Indian, Asian or white doctor because given how skewed the admission requirements are against them, they must not only be bright, but likely top of their class. At the end of the day demand for good doctors should correct progressive garbage like this. Someone once commented (I apologize I can’t source it) that professional sports is the last place where meritocracy prevails. How bloody sad.
My elderly (same age as me) Jewish doctor retired. I now have a tough, no-nonsense woman doctor from Nepal. I don’t worry about her intellect, knowledge or skin color. She’s a fine doctor. The real pity is that - down deep - because of the choices by high schools, colleges, universities and medical schools, I’m questioning the competence of our American minorities. I find my own attitude strange, because my orthopedist and dermatologist are older Black American men. It’s the younger ones that I find myself questioning. I didn’t want this attitude; but, it’s there.
I’ve had those very same thoughts regarding my choice of physicians… but the scary thing is that we can’t know who is piloting our plane or who engineered the bridge we have to cross on our daily commute!
Unfortunately, ten years from now DEI may have completely dominated the U.S. medical profession, and we may be stuck with universal government run single payer health care without private options, in which case doctors will be assigned to patients based on considerations of equity, diversity, and the perceived needs of society (but not the preferences of the patients themselves). But perhaps it might still be possible to escape this regime by playing medical tourist, assuming one could find some place in the world where health care hasn't yet been taken over by wokesters.
They may not allow you to ask those questions calling them racist or they may not answer them at all. That is what I think will happen as people figure out they can no longer trust any doctor. I will be going to the oldest doctor I can find lol.
That’s a good point, but I fear it doesn’t go far enough. Because of the DEI initiatives, not only are medical schools admitting less qualified students, but the curriculum also is changing. I suspect overall standards and difficulty of courses will be watered down so that more of these less able students will pass. In addition, valuable teaching time will be allotted to DEI/social justice subjects, decreasing the breadth and depth of actual medical topics covered. This is particularly worrisome as medical knowledge has increased greatly over the past decades but overall time in training has not.
Unfortunately, then, the safest thing to do in the future is to avoid all younger medical practitioners, regardless of race. After all, who wants a doctor who wasted valuable learning time on how to ask for patients’ pronouns?
This is absolutely happening. Today's med students can tell all about discrimination, the 200 gender types and how the world will end due to climate change. They are creating SJWs, forget treating diabetes, hypertension and heart disease.
If they are going to pull this nonsense then yes I will use every means at my disposal (and I'm blessed with resources) to ensure quality care. And as horrible as it sounds (God I can't believe I'm even saying this) those docs will not be black/of color (ill go with my fellow Indians. God knows we produce enough doctors lol). What else can I do? This is my health. Myself, my family, my pets.. people I love. We come first.
This change in curriculum and focus extends post graduation, too. I currently witness first hand how one of the largest pharma companies in the world spends an absurd number of hours discussing DEI. It is literally to the point that they barely do any science anymore.
You could also add to this list that professors with knowledge and expertise in the fields are getting kicked out of schools for “violating” DEI policies. Watering down the scientific rigor and complexity in instructions with CRT and the rest of nonsense will bring the medical science to a new low level. It is the disappearing of merit in selection of both students and teachers. Expect the worst outcome affecting every single one of us.
I will take the same measure but.....you aren't going to be able to look at the pathologist that reads your reports, the radiologist that reads your MRI, or meet the anesthesiologist until you're strapped to the operating table.
Professional sports are the only place that meritocracy reigns because 70+ percent of the athletes are black and our DEI proponent friends don’t want to acknowledge that. I’d love to see a lawsuit against professional sports and college teams that discriminate (rightly so) against short Jewish kids and skinny Indian an Asian kids.
They feel they have to find something, and the best they can do is that there aren't enough black coaches. Very weak especially in the case of the NFL considering the lengths it goes to in seeking black coaches out.
In ten years, if I require the needs of a doctor, I’m going to be more than hesitant to choose one who is black or Hispanic. Five years ago, race of my health provider would have been nothing but incidental (well you have to be smart to get into med school right?) Instead, I’ll likely question their background; was he a DEI initiative graduate or did he get through on merit.? Well it’s my health and I can’t take the chance that he was pushed through med school because of his ethnicity, so I’m going to select the Indian, Asian or white doctor because given how skewed the admission requirements are against them, they must not only be bright, but likely top of their class. At the end of the day demand for good doctors should correct progressive garbage like this. Someone once commented (I apologize I can’t source it) that professional sports is the last place where meritocracy prevails. How bloody sad.
except unfortunately where males can claim to be trans- women and compete against biological females.
My elderly (same age as me) Jewish doctor retired. I now have a tough, no-nonsense woman doctor from Nepal. I don’t worry about her intellect, knowledge or skin color. She’s a fine doctor. The real pity is that - down deep - because of the choices by high schools, colleges, universities and medical schools, I’m questioning the competence of our American minorities. I find my own attitude strange, because my orthopedist and dermatologist are older Black American men. It’s the younger ones that I find myself questioning. I didn’t want this attitude; but, it’s there.
I’ve had those very same thoughts regarding my choice of physicians… but the scary thing is that we can’t know who is piloting our plane or who engineered the bridge we have to cross on our daily commute!
Unfortunately, ten years from now DEI may have completely dominated the U.S. medical profession, and we may be stuck with universal government run single payer health care without private options, in which case doctors will be assigned to patients based on considerations of equity, diversity, and the perceived needs of society (but not the preferences of the patients themselves). But perhaps it might still be possible to escape this regime by playing medical tourist, assuming one could find some place in the world where health care hasn't yet been taken over by wokesters.
They may not allow you to ask those questions calling them racist or they may not answer them at all. That is what I think will happen as people figure out they can no longer trust any doctor. I will be going to the oldest doctor I can find lol.
It was probably me that said it. I even wrote an article about it:
https://societystandpoint.substack.com/p/no-affirmative-action-for-asian-athletes
Thank you!!!!!!!
That’s a good point, but I fear it doesn’t go far enough. Because of the DEI initiatives, not only are medical schools admitting less qualified students, but the curriculum also is changing. I suspect overall standards and difficulty of courses will be watered down so that more of these less able students will pass. In addition, valuable teaching time will be allotted to DEI/social justice subjects, decreasing the breadth and depth of actual medical topics covered. This is particularly worrisome as medical knowledge has increased greatly over the past decades but overall time in training has not.
Unfortunately, then, the safest thing to do in the future is to avoid all younger medical practitioners, regardless of race. After all, who wants a doctor who wasted valuable learning time on how to ask for patients’ pronouns?
This is absolutely happening. Today's med students can tell all about discrimination, the 200 gender types and how the world will end due to climate change. They are creating SJWs, forget treating diabetes, hypertension and heart disease.
If they are going to pull this nonsense then yes I will use every means at my disposal (and I'm blessed with resources) to ensure quality care. And as horrible as it sounds (God I can't believe I'm even saying this) those docs will not be black/of color (ill go with my fellow Indians. God knows we produce enough doctors lol). What else can I do? This is my health. Myself, my family, my pets.. people I love. We come first.
This change in curriculum and focus extends post graduation, too. I currently witness first hand how one of the largest pharma companies in the world spends an absurd number of hours discussing DEI. It is literally to the point that they barely do any science anymore.
You could also add to this list that professors with knowledge and expertise in the fields are getting kicked out of schools for “violating” DEI policies. Watering down the scientific rigor and complexity in instructions with CRT and the rest of nonsense will bring the medical science to a new low level. It is the disappearing of merit in selection of both students and teachers. Expect the worst outcome affecting every single one of us.
An excellent point. And one that should eventually reflect on the med schools which value race over merit.
Thank you for saying it! I could not help to think that when I finished the article.
Nowadays, we look at reviews for doctors before making appointments, so there is some help in avoiding the unqualified without only going by race
I will take the same measure but.....you aren't going to be able to look at the pathologist that reads your reports, the radiologist that reads your MRI, or meet the anesthesiologist until you're strapped to the operating table.
Unintended consequences. Agreed.
Professional sports are the only place that meritocracy reigns because 70+ percent of the athletes are black and our DEI proponent friends don’t want to acknowledge that. I’d love to see a lawsuit against professional sports and college teams that discriminate (rightly so) against short Jewish kids and skinny Indian an Asian kids.
They feel they have to find something, and the best they can do is that there aren't enough black coaches. Very weak especially in the case of the NFL considering the lengths it goes to in seeking black coaches out.
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I was about to post the exact same thing.