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Medical students swear oath to honor past traumas rooted in white supremacy, colonialism, and the gender binary

This is one of those videos that you’d never believe if you just read about it online — you need to actually see it to believe it. As you’ll know if you’ve been following seminars on diversity, equity, and inclusion, they usually start with a land acknowledgment … you name the indigenous tribes that have been displaced by your building, your county, and your state.

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At the University of Minnesota, medical students also recite an oath about the traumas rooted in white supremacy, colonialism, and the gender binary. Just watch:

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Apparently, other medical colleges are adopting this modified Hippocratic Oath to cover contemporary concerns like Black Lives Matter and Transgender Day of Visibility.


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