After criticism from a physician, the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine’s Pediatric Department has removed a statement supporting a critical-race-theory (CRT) activist, as well as a document promoting the concept of gender fluidity in children. The Pediatric Diversity and Inclusion Committee (PDIC) said in the removed statement that it “stands in solidarity with Nikole Hannah-Jones,” and disagreed with the UNC Board of Trustees’ decision to decline her tenure, citing her work as a model for future generations. Hannah-Jones, the author of the “1619 Project,” had been offered a position at UNC’s school of journalism in Chapel Hill under a five-year contract, but was denied tenure, a decision that erupted in controversy for the school. UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism later offered her tenure after protests, but Jones took a position at Howard University in Washington, D.C., instead. In the “1619 Project,” Hannah-Jones frames historical events with a …