Thank you, thank you! For reminding us of this important story and for standing up for Dr. Gustilo and for what is right. One minor but, I think, important suggestion. At the beginning of the article, Dr. Gustilo is described as "a Filipino-American obstetrician-gynecologist with an impressive track record of serving underserved communit…
Thank you, thank you! For reminding us of this important story and for standing up for Dr. Gustilo and for what is right. One minor but, I think, important suggestion. At the beginning of the article, Dr. Gustilo is described as "a Filipino-American obstetrician-gynecologist with an impressive track record of serving underserved communities". It later becomes clear that her ancestry and gender allegedly played a role in her demotion, but it would be powerful for us to describe her in terms of her accomplishments up front, with the immutable characteristic saved for later in the article when it becomes relevant to the story. That would demonstrate our fidelity to individual humanism rather than "identity". Just a suggestion, but, again, thanks!
The only thing I would say is, it shouldn't really matter if Dr. Gustilo is a Filipino woman or a WASP, she certainly has the right to express whatever political or social opinions she has without any blowback from colleagues or her institution. I want to see all this political correct crap go out the window so as to enable frank discussion of social issues without fear of retaliation.
Yes, absolutely is SHOULD not matter if she is Filipino or anything else. But it appears to have mattered to the reviewing board. Hence, it is part of the story, a factor in her complaint, and should be included.
Yes, the first part sounds like special pleading, as if to say: "She's a minority, too, AND she works with underserved communities (i.e., 'good person,'), so how could you demote her for saying this? It's not as if she was an evil white person who serves rich, private patients ('bad person'). Then, we could understand."
Thank you, thank you! For reminding us of this important story and for standing up for Dr. Gustilo and for what is right. One minor but, I think, important suggestion. At the beginning of the article, Dr. Gustilo is described as "a Filipino-American obstetrician-gynecologist with an impressive track record of serving underserved communities". It later becomes clear that her ancestry and gender allegedly played a role in her demotion, but it would be powerful for us to describe her in terms of her accomplishments up front, with the immutable characteristic saved for later in the article when it becomes relevant to the story. That would demonstrate our fidelity to individual humanism rather than "identity". Just a suggestion, but, again, thanks!
The only thing I would say is, it shouldn't really matter if Dr. Gustilo is a Filipino woman or a WASP, she certainly has the right to express whatever political or social opinions she has without any blowback from colleagues or her institution. I want to see all this political correct crap go out the window so as to enable frank discussion of social issues without fear of retaliation.
Yes, absolutely is SHOULD not matter if she is Filipino or anything else. But it appears to have mattered to the reviewing board. Hence, it is part of the story, a factor in her complaint, and should be included.
Yes, the first part sounds like special pleading, as if to say: "She's a minority, too, AND she works with underserved communities (i.e., 'good person,'), so how could you demote her for saying this? It's not as if she was an evil white person who serves rich, private patients ('bad person'). Then, we could understand."