Pfizer’s Breakthrough Fellowship Program, which provides rising Black, Latino and Native American college seniors with summer internships, two years of employment post-college and a scholarship, has attracted some detractors.
In a new lawsuit, the organization Do No Harm says the program is discriminatory. The group, which is comprised of medical and healthcare professionals who aim to “protect healthcare from a racist, divisive, and discriminatory ideology,” argues the program “categorically excludes” white and Asian-American applicants and is therefore illegal.
In a new lawsuit, the organization Do No Harm says the program is discriminatory. The group, which is comprised of medical and healthcare professionals who aim to “protect healthcare from a racist, divisive, and discriminatory ideology,” argues the program “categorically excludes” white and Asian-American applicants and is therefore illegal.