Pastor Corey Brooks, founder of Project H.O.O.D., exposes blatant racism cloaked in "diversity" initiatives at UCLA's Medical School, undermining meritocracy and stigmatizing Black students.
The recent admissions scandal at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine unraveled a sinister reality that has haunted Black Americans for centuries: the pervasive shadow of inferiority. Accusations of sacrificing meritocracy on the altar of diversity to accommodate unqualified Black prospects exposed a disturbing trend.
While UCLA denied racial discrimination, its own dean of the medical school runs a minorities-only fellowship, violating California's prohibition of race considerations in public institutions. This dichotomy raises troubling questions about the extent to which race has infiltrated the admissions process.
But this controversy goes beyond mere allegations. It exposes the insidious legacy of inferiority that persists despite decades of progress. Under slavery and segregation, Blacks were indoctrinated with a narrative of sub-humanness justifying their enslavement.
Yet, in the post-civil rights era, policies emphasizing leftist ideologies and attitudes have allowed this repugnant notion of Black inferiority to linger. Educators' overzealous embrace of DEI has dangerously distorted the value of skin color, prioritizing it over skill even in the critical field of medicine.
The most insidious consequence of this misguided obsession with race is the stigma it attaches to truly gifted Black students. They are subtly labeled as inferior, their achievements tainted by the suspicion of racial preference. This casts a long shadow over their contributions and undermines their sense of accomplishment.
Black author Shelby Steele aptly observed that DEI initiatives effectively "Sambo-ize" Black students, assigning them an unyielding inferiority that even academic success cannot overcome. The perpetual need to prove oneself becomes an insurmountable burden, a metaphorical Sisyphus rolling a boulder up an endless hill.
This stigmatization extends beyond elite institutions. In impoverished neighborhoods like Chicago's South Side, where Pastor Brooks works, generations of Black children have been conditioned by dependency-fostering liberal policies to believe in their own inferiority.
Instead of providing pathways out of this cycle, these policies have created a perpetual state of underachievement and dependence on racial preferences. The lack of emphasis on quality education, two-parent households, and personal responsibility has left countless individuals trapped in a spiral of despair.
The time has come for Black Americans to reject this notion of inferiority wholeheartedly. The civil rights movement was not about seeking preferential treatment but about asserting equal capability.
It is time to stand on our own two feet, to sink or swim based on our abilities and contributions. Only by embracing this truth can we shatter the insidious bonds of inferiority that have held us back for far too long.
