Doctor Says He Was Banned by the American College of Surgeons for Questioning Its Embrace of Critical Race Theory
“For nearly 30 years, I had been a proud fellow of the ACS, the oldest organization representing surgeons—it was founded in 1913—and the largest, with 84,000 member fellows.”
Seeing medical science embrace CRT is creepy enough, but seeing the American College of Surgeons make it dogma is even worse.
Dr. Richard T. Bosshardt writes at City Journal:
Isolated
My isolation within the American College of Surgeons began over a year ago, on April 17, 2022. This was the day that Tyler Hughes, general secretary of the ACS and editor-in-chief of its online forum, informed me that I had been banned for life. I had inquired why I could not access the Communities, the online discussion forum of the ACS, for nearly two weeks. Neither could I access the members directory or my own private messages. Hughes made it clear that this was to be a permanent ban.
Why was I banned? For questioning the ACS’s rush to embrace critical race theory.
For nearly 30 years, I had been a proud fellow of the ACS, the oldest organization representing surgeons—it was founded in 1913—and the largest, with 84,000 member fellows. Its mission statement: “To heal all with skill and fidelity.” Fellowship indicates that surgeons practice at the highest level of the profession and allows them to place the honorific “FACS” after their “MD,” something I was proud to do. Beyond being a fellow and paying my dues, however, I was never active in the ACS. My busy practice, involvement in local medical societies, and family life precluded additional commitments.
This changed in 2020, in the wake of the George Floyd killing. In the chaotic, hyper-racialized, and politicized aftermath of that event, nearly every major organization in the United States rushed to signal its acceptance of the belief that the country, its institutions, and even its legal system were systemically racist and in need of radical transformation. This took the form of embracing critical race theory (CRT) under the guise of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
The ACS joined this pell-mell rush and within weeks of the Floyd killing had assembled a Task Force on Racism to combat structural racism in the organization. The reality of structural racism was never questioned, nor did the task force provide any evidence for its existence.
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The funny thing is that in my experience, the great majority of surgeons and anesthesiologists here in Florida are conservatives.
I’m worried the USHMM will have to take down their excellent documentation of what can go wrong with race science and public health
Is part of this article cut off? I felt like Dr. Bosshardt was about to explain what he did in particular that got him banned for life, or at least until the unmentionable currently running the organization is replaced.
Follow the City Journal link. The rest is there.
“Dr. Richard T. Bosshardt writes at City Journal: ….”
He’s White and called out their lies, that’s what got him banned. What else isn’t obvious to you?