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Aaron Sibarium on Identity Politics under Joe Biden and Donald Trump

Mar 27, 2025
Aaron Sibarium, a staff writer at the Washington Free Beacon, delves into the intricate world of identity politics in this engaging discussion. He highlights the troubling influences of racial bias in healthcare, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and critiques the allocation of medical treatments based on race. The conversation also covers the tensions in medical education around affirmative action and how political dynamics have shaped university policies. Lastly, they tackle the role of government in steering media discourse and the ramifications of misinformation.
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Quick takeaways

  • The alarming use of race-based criteria in COVID-19 treatments has raised ethical concerns and led to significant healthcare disparities.
  • Recent Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action exhibit how institutions can manipulate policies to maintain racial quotas under new disguises.

Deep dives

Identity Fraud and Institutional Practices

The discussion highlights alarming statistics regarding identity fraud flagged by the IRS, amounting to $16.5 billion in just one year. This sets the stage to examine practices in prestigious institutions such as Harvard, which are often viewed as isolated incidents but actually reflect broader issues within major societal systems. The conversation points out the significance of Harvard's cultural impact on leadership across the U.S., suggesting that practices seen there often trickle down to other institutions, including state public health agencies. Moreover, the rationale behind decisions made during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as drug allocation based on race, further illustrates how institutional decisions can have widespread implications.

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