A required “Structural Racism” class at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine led to a prayer to Mother Earth, which upset some who attended the lecture.
UCLA’s Judaism Faculty Resilience Group spoke with numerous witnesses to the lecture on Friday and wrote a letter to the administration calling for an “urgent and thorough externalization of the curriculum” to end “political indoctrination.” asked for a review.
“We are writing to alert you to disturbing events that occurred on the UCLA campus two days ago, based on first-hand witness reports submitted by multiple first-year students.” says the letter signed by Professor Stein and Professor Elina Wetzman. said David Mimmer, a professor at the medical center and law school.
The letter goes on to say that the invited speaker “encouraged students to say ‘Mama Earth’ and touch the floor with their fists while offering ‘secular’ prayers to ‘Mama Earth’ and our ‘ancestors.’ I gave instructions,” he said. .
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UCLA School of Medicine class accused of featuring pagan prayers.
At the end of the class, an additional prayer to the pagan god was offered, and we were now asked to stand up. According to the faculty letter, the speaker “invited her students to rise from their seats and stand upright with her to say her closing prayer, and once again pray to ‘Mother Earth’ and ‘our ancestors.’ “He instructed them to dedicate it.” Several of the assembled students, who were clearly uncomfortable, declined to participate and remained seated. ”
A witness to the incident, who spoke to FOX News Digital on condition of anonymity, said he had strong feelings about “idol worship.”
“I was very angry and disgusted,” the witness said.
“She starts off with words like, ‘Thank you, Creator. Thank you for this day of my life.’ And then she started praying to like a spirit mother or something,” the eyewitness said. . “That was crazy.”
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The witness further stated that the speaker asked the class to come up to the floor to participate in prayer.
“It’s very disturbing, but it’s also actually hilarious,” said an eyewitness.
The witness, who holds monotheistic religious beliefs, said the presentation to “pagan gods” created an unpleasant situation.
“Probably all the students who stood there [during the prayer]”A significant number of students, regardless of their religious persuasion, were feeling anxious. I think a lot of students had a sense that this was strange and out of place,” the witness said.
A speaker from the UCLA School of Medicine led a prayer to “Mama Earth.” (Fox News Digital)
In 2020, UCLA began implementing a new curriculum called HEALS. The entire first year of medical school focuses specifically on “structural racism and health equity.”curriculum was “Redesign” “Supporting students to become…advocacy physicians.”[y] and humanitarian considerations. ”
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“Diversity is not a buzzword; it is a requirement for treating our community with clinical excellence. Our community is a community of talented leaders who care deeply and work to positively impact the world. “We are united in our efforts to fight systemic racism. Our efforts span health care, education, and society as a whole.” To tell About share classes.
Students gather on the UCLA campus on October 12, 2023, to support Palestinians caught up in the war between Israel and Hamas. (Luis Cinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
The invited speakers also advocated for the Palestinian people, prompting accusations of anti-Semitism from professors, according to the UCLA letter.
Elan Carr, former special envoy for monitoring and countering anti-Semitism under the trump administration, reacted to the incident. He called this lesson “indoctrination.”
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“Many universities have become intolerable places for Jews,” he says. said in X, referring to pro-Palestinian elements of the presentation. “Another example of the vile and toxic indoctrination students are forced into submission, this time at the UCLA School of Medicine.”
Fox News Digital reached out to UCLA for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
