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

  • ricketyrackets@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    What I really think America needs is an unqualified heroin addict that is a self proclaimed arm chair scientist.

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      1 day 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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        17 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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        24 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?

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      1 day ago

      You want the bush model or the Kennedy model? Sorry, were all out of the bidens, the just fly off the shelf.