The head of an online campaign to identify anti-Semitism has revealed shocking statistics about the amount of hate speech coming from medical practitioners and dentists.
In a recent statement, Dr. Elan Carr, a former Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney and the head of the U.S. State Department’s Global Anti-Semitism Review Act, confirmed some disconcerting findings about the prevalence of hate speech on various healthcare industry sites.
Carr revealed that what started as an online campaign to identify anti-Semitism, quickly revealed vile comments from members of the medical profession. These included remarks about Jews being “subhuman” and “deserving to die.”
Carr made it clear that such rhetoric was completely unacceptable from anyone, let alone professionals who are supposed to be caring for people’s health.
He highlighted a key ethical responsibility of medical practitioners and pointed out that it was undeniable that medical professionals should show empathy and compassion and not promote hatred against any individual or group, irrespective of ethnicity, race, or culture.
What’s more concerning is that these comments were made in public, on social media, on professional websites, and even on health forums. This is an alarming indication of how deep the problem of anti-Semitism has become amongst the medical professions and it is a reminder that more work needs to be done to identify and mitigate the issue.
Carr urged hospitals, medical centers, private practices, and other healthcare business to take urgent action to ensure that members of the medical profession are not contributing to a culture of anti-Semitism online.
Ultimately, all people must stand together in this fight against hate and racism, so that the health sector can become a place of inclusion and understanding.