Rather, she explains, “they are largely politically progressive, and they are the first to say that there are inequities in medicine that must be addressed.” Most of the medical professionals she interviews remain anonymous, but she clarifies that they are not “secret bigots who long for the ‘good old days’ that were bad for so many”. Her 4,500-word report makes for a harrowing read. In a field like medicine, wokeness threatens more than reputations, relationships and careers: “it is threatening the foundations of patient care, of research, and of medicine itself,” she warns. But Herzog’s other piece, “ What Happens When Doctors Can’t Tell the Truth?” examines a deeper problem. One deranged and mis-careered psychiatrist does not a crisis make. In addition to her medical qualifications, she immersed herself for two years in Marxist theory and critical race theory at the University of Chicago). Khilanani grew up in a middle-class suburb in Michigan and graduated from Detroit Country Day School, which has an annual tuition of US$34,000. (Ironically, it has since come to light that, though she refers to herself as “black”, Dr Khilanani is the daughter of two Pakistani migrants who are both doctors. “I had fantasies of unloading a revolver into the head of any white person that got in my way, burying their body, and wiping my bloody hands as I walked away relatively guiltless with a bounce in my step.” Khilanani told her audience at the Yale event. Excited for grand rounds tmrw with /0VhL0welg0- Aruna Khilanani MD MA April 5, 2021

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