Dr. Richard Bosshardt

It's a racial concordance that you are going to receive better care by a doctor, surgeon or other doctor, if they are of your same race, ethnicity, gender, that you might get better care, pardon me, better care if you're a woman by a female surgeon, for example. And they've hung on to that as well.

It's a racial concordance that you are going to receive better care by a doctor, surgeon or other doctor, if they are of your same race, ethnicity, gender, that you might get better care, pardon me, better care if you're a woman by a female surgeon, for example. And they've hung on to that as well.

Well, that's the whole thing. They're trying to redo that.

Well, that's the whole thing. They're trying to redo that.

Well, that's the whole thing. They're trying to redo that.

They're trying to reinstall segregation into surgery, which, when you think about it, is a pretty despicable thing to do.

They're trying to reinstall segregation into surgery, which, when you think about it, is a pretty despicable thing to do.

They're trying to reinstall segregation into surgery, which, when you think about it, is a pretty despicable thing to do.

Exactly. Okay. Well, you might need to get a white male surgeon of whatever your, I think, heritage is. Okay.

Exactly. Okay. Well, you might need to get a white male surgeon of whatever your, I think, heritage is. Okay.

Exactly. Okay. Well, you might need to get a white male surgeon of whatever your, I think, heritage is. Okay.

I need a Brazilian one, because my mother is Brazilian.

I need a Brazilian one, because my mother is Brazilian.

I need a Brazilian one, because my mother is Brazilian.

Well, I'm half German, half Brazilian. There you go. Yeah. So what happened was this. The task force came out with the recommendations at the end of 2020. And the recommendations were, oh, my gosh, I mean, it's just a litany. It was basically a playbook for how to instill DEI. They still weren't really calling it DEI that often. They were calling it anti-racism still.

Well, I'm half German, half Brazilian. There you go. Yeah. So what happened was this. The task force came out with the recommendations at the end of 2020. And the recommendations were, oh, my gosh, I mean, it's just a litany. It was basically a playbook for how to instill DEI. They still weren't really calling it DEI that often. They were calling it anti-racism still.

Well, I'm half German, half Brazilian. There you go. Yeah. So what happened was this. The task force came out with the recommendations at the end of 2020. And the recommendations were, oh, my gosh, I mean, it's just a litany. It was basically a playbook for how to instill DEI. They still weren't really calling it DEI that often. They were calling it anti-racism still.

And that term kind of fell out of favor, and then DEI became the nice, the more acceptable term for adopting critical theory, critical race theory into surgery. So the recommendations were to add anti-racism, Abram Kendi's anti-racism, into the ACS as the value of the ACS. They opened up a brand new department of diversity, which had not existed before.

And that term kind of fell out of favor, and then DEI became the nice, the more acceptable term for adopting critical theory, critical race theory into surgery. So the recommendations were to add anti-racism, Abram Kendi's anti-racism, into the ACS as the value of the ACS. They opened up a brand new department of diversity, which had not existed before.

And that term kind of fell out of favor, and then DEI became the nice, the more acceptable term for adopting critical theory, critical race theory into surgery. So the recommendations were to add anti-racism, Abram Kendi's anti-racism, into the ACS as the value of the ACS. They opened up a brand new department of diversity, which had not existed before.