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American Medical Association Embraces Critical Race Theory, Rejects Meritocracy

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American Medical Association Embraces Critical Race Theory, Rejects Meritocracy
Doctors and nurses confer in a hospital in Leonardtown, Md., on April 8, 2020. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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5/12/2021|Updated: 5/12/2021

The American Medical Association (AMA), the largest national organization representing physicians and medical students in the United States, says it will set aside its long-held concept of meritocracy in favor of “racial justice” and “health equity.”

In an 86-page strategic plan released May 11, the AMA set out a three-year road map detailing how the advocacy group will use its influence to dismantle “structural and institutional racism” and advance “social and racial justice” in America’s health care system.
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Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.
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