UNC’s Department of Pediatrics Removes CRT-Related Documents After Physician’s Criticism

After criticism from a physician, the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine’s Pediatric Department has removed a statement supporting a critical-race-theory (CRT) activist, as well as a document promoting the concept of gender fluidity in children.

The Pediatric Diversity and Inclusion Committee (PDIC) said in the removed statement that it “stands in solidarity with Nikole Hannah-Jones,” and disagreed with the UNC Board of Trustees’ decision to decline her tenure, citing her work as a model for future generations.

Hannah-Jones, the author of the “1619 Project,” had been offered a position at UNC’s school of journalism in Chapel Hill under a five-year contract, but was denied tenure, a decision that erupted in controversy for the school.

UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism later offered her tenure after protests, but Jones took a position at Howard University in Washington, D.C., instead.

In the “1619 Project,” Hannah-Jones frames historical events with a lens of racist motives, such as arguing that the Founding Fathers sought independence from the British to protect slavery and that America’s version of slavery was new to history, views that fall within CRT…. (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)