Proponents of “racial equity” training have received $5 million from the National Institutes of Health to “generate evidence” in support of their program at the University of Pittsburgh.
The researchers will “test the effectiveness of the Racial Equity Consciousness Institute” which is “an effort aimed at addressing systemic racism.”
The institute is run through Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Problems. The university’s page on “racial equity consciousness” describes “systemic racism” in medical terms, calling it a “public health crisis.”
The RECI approach uses “structured cognitive behavioral training” “to consciously address and assert one’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors toward racial equity and justice,” according to the website.