Hospital’s DEI Training Implied Racial Bias Is Killing Black Mothers, Former Nurse Says

A registered nurse who says he was fired for lightly pushing back on controversial DEI training at his hospital alleged that the training implied white nurses’ racial bias was contributing to black maternal deaths. Brad McDowell wrote his story in The Wall Street Journal, alleging his former employer, Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Maryland, required employees to take DEI courses in an effort to reduce the disparity between black and white maternal deaths. “Overall, the course implied that white nurses like me are killing black mothers,” McDowell wrote. “I was...