The resignation happened March 10 but gained renewed attention Thursday by conservative website Campus Reform.
During the Feb. 24 podcast, Dr. Livingston took issue with the term “structural racism” but acknowledged that “disproportionality does exist.”
“…[I]t’s more of a socioeconomic phenomenon,” he said, according to a transcript provided by The Daily Wire. “It isn’t their race; it isn’t their color; it’s their socioeconomic status. It’s where they are.”
About a week and a wave of backlash later, JAMA Editor-in-Chief Dr. Howard Bauchner issued a statement saying the podcast and tweet had been deleted, calling Dr. Livingston’s comments “inaccurate, offensive, hurtful, and inconsistent with the standards of JAMA.”