Symbolic Solidarity or Virtue Signaling? A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Public Statements Released by Academic Medical Organizations in the Wake of the Killing of George Floyd.
Allison BrownEmmanuelle AugusteFavour OmobhudeNaomie BakanaJaveed SukheraPublished in: Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges (2022)
This research offers insight into how 45 academic medical organizations initially responded following the murder of George Floyd. Many of these statements included self-exculpatory and nonracist discursive strategies. While these statements may have been well intentioned, organizations must move beyond words to transformative action to abolish institutional racism in academic medicine.