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A prominent emergency room physician says he was fired from Duke University’s health system after speaking out against its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) push.
Dr. Kendall Conger had worked at Duke Raleigh Hospital for roughly a decade when the prestigious university released a 2021 pledge against racism. Duke Health called racism a “public health crisis,” and declared it was dedicated “to overcoming the painful separations that divide us.” Conger felt the pledge was “somewhat radical,” and decided to speak out.
“It wasn’t so much a pledge to better medicine, but a pledge to left-wing ideology. And so, I felt if I did not say anything, I was giving tacit approval to what was in the pledge,” Conger told Fox News Digital.
Conger, who said that he feels DEI stands for “didn’t earn it,” …