Black and other pro-DEI dermatologists testified Friday in favor of keeping the academy from ending its DEI initiatives.

The American Academy of Dermatology on Sunday voted to reject a proposal to end its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, in what Black dermatologists are calling a small victory for the organization and the field in general.

The academy, a nonprofit organization of dermatologists in the U.S. and Canada, has been embroiled in DEI-related controversy since February, when dozens of members co-authored a resolution looking to put an end to DEI initiatives and programs being implemented in the institution. The group called the resolution “Sunsetting all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs” and held that the “DEI movement” would do more harm than good to the branch of medicine. News of the resolution spread quickly, with several news outlets detailing the diversity battle brewing in the AAD.

  • Flying Squid
    12•7 months ago

    The earliest known use of the noun sunsetting is in the Middle English period (1150—1500).

    OED’s earliest evidence for sunsetting is from 1440, in Promptorium Parvulorum.

    https://www.oed.com/dictionary/sunsetting_n?tl=true

    “Sunsetting” and “sundown town” are entirely different things. If anything, the former is most commonly seen in reference to Alzheimer’s.

    • @Viking_Hippie
      8•7 months ago

      Yeah I know, but some words carry connotations seperate from their original use.

      Sunsetting might not be a controversial word in most contexts, but in the specific context of racial discrimination, it’s one to avoid unless you’re openly on the side of racial discrimination and want everyone to know that.

      Edit: btw, as is mentioned at the very beginning of the Wikipedia article about them I linked to, another commonly used term for “sundown towns” was “sunset towns”. Because, you know, sundown and sunset are synonyms…

      • Flying Squid
        -6•7 months ago

        I really don’t think your malice against a group clearly fighting against malicious proposals is warranted. I certainly don’t think they would be in favor of DEI and segregation. Especially when there are plenty of black doctors in that organization.

        • @RainfallSonata
          5•7 months ago

          The group that submitted the malicious proposal called it sunsetting.

            • @RainfallSonata
              3•7 months ago

              Yeah, it wasn’t worded well in the article. “The group” – well, which one?

        • @Viking_Hippie
          1•7 months ago

          You’ve got it backwards. The use of the word is in the title of the malicious proposal. They want to “sunset” AKA end all DEI.

            • @Viking_Hippie
              1•7 months ago

              No worries. Happens to the best of us sometimes, and also myself 😁