![]() ![]() Yale School of Medicine does not condone imagery of violence or racism against any group. Yale School of Medicine expects the members of our community to speak respectfully to one another and to avoid the use of profanity as a matter of professionalism and acknowledgment of our common humanity. Khilanani, who runs her own practice in Manhattan. To emphasize that the ideas expressed by the speaker conflict with the core values of Yale School of Medicine, we added the disclaimer: “This video contains profanity and imagery of violence. Dr Aruna Khilanani, the Manhattan-based psychiatrist who gave a lecture at Yale University where she reportedly fantasized of unloading a revolver into the head of any white person that got in my way, has been receiving backlash in many forms - one of which is negative ratings online. We ultimately decided to post the video with access limited to those who could have attended the talk- the members of the Yale community. ![]() In deciding whether to post the video, we weighed our grave concern about the extreme hostility, imagery of violence, and profanity expressed by the speaker against our commitment to freedom of expression. A Yale professor says the lecture Dr Aruna Khilanani gave to Yale University students where she revealed she fantasized about shooting white people is deeply worrisome. Because Grand Rounds are typically posted online after the event and in consideration of Yale’s commitment to the right of free expression, school leaders further reviewed the Report of the Committee on Freedom of Expression at Yale. On April 6, a speaker who is not affiliated with Yale gave a Child Study Center Grand Rounds talk, with the provocative title “The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind.” After the event, several faculty members expressed concern to the Yale School of Medicine’s Office of Academic and Professional Development and the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion about the content of the talk.īased on these concerns, School of Medicine leaders, including Dean Brown and Deputy Dean Latimore, in consultation with the Chair of the Child Study Center, reviewed a recording of the talk and found the tone and content antithetical to the values of the school. Aruna Khilanani spoke glowingly about an imagined situation involving the murdering of White people in remarks now receiving blowback from critics including civil rights. Here is one short example of what she had to say. ![]() How do we understand this psychologically? Aruna Khilananis racist-sounding speech was titled The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind. The number of Karen and "It's my right to not wear a mask " videos are exploding. And yet, white people seem to be losing it. Everyone is talking about race right now. ![]()
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