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As a black woman physician, here’s a statistic that is most distressing to me and one reason I call for #diversityinmedicine
- I’m 3x more likely to die of pregnancy-related cause
- 5x more than a white person of my education level
No, it’s not genetics.
- I’m 3x more likely to die of pregnancy-related cause
- 5x more than a white person of my education level
No, it’s not genetics.
It’s centuries of deliberate racist policies, which have created the never ending cycle of poverty & disparities that are only increasing.
We must be DELIBERATE to change course.
Diversifying medicine is part of the pie
And if you’re wondering why we must go beyond grades:
We must be DELIBERATE to change course.
Diversifying medicine is part of the pie
And if you’re wondering why we must go beyond grades:
Black children are way more like to go to underfunded schools, because of racist policies like:
REDLINING: lawful residential segregation, mortgage discrimination —> urban deindustrialization, white flight, with AAs prohibited from the suburban dream https://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526655831/a-forgotten-history-of-how-the-u-s-government-segregated-america
REDLINING: lawful residential segregation, mortgage discrimination —> urban deindustrialization, white flight, with AAs prohibited from the suburban dream https://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526655831/a-forgotten-history-of-how-the-u-s-government-segregated-america
On top of creating poverty bubbles with residential segregation and prohibiting wealth gain, education is deliberately tied to wealth and race with:
Education funding through property tax, where spending per student can be < 5K or >50K! https://www.npr.org/2016/04/18/474256366/why-americas-schools-have-a-money-problem
Education funding through property tax, where spending per student can be < 5K or >50K! https://www.npr.org/2016/04/18/474256366/why-americas-schools-have-a-money-problem
While lawful education segregation was outlawed in 1954 (only 1954!) w Brown vs Ed, there has been minimal impact on actually desegregating schools through loopholes like residential segregation
Perspective: Ruby Bridges pictured trying to get a fair education is 20 years younger than my grandmother.
Today most AAs are not from a long line of scholars, have no generational wealth, remain trapped in a well-designed poverty bubble & go to the most underfunded schools.
Today most AAs are not from a long line of scholars, have no generational wealth, remain trapped in a well-designed poverty bubble & go to the most underfunded schools.
The gap is widening. We can’t just be complacent.
To diversify medicine, we can just expect good grades and say we don’t have enough applicants.
Go out and get them; Lower your thresholds; contribute to early education/mentorship.
Meet students where they are!
To diversify medicine, we can just expect good grades and say we don’t have enough applicants.
Go out and get them; Lower your thresholds; contribute to early education/mentorship.
Meet students where they are!
Diversity in medicine is important to me because it literally saves lives.
I can’t tell the number of times I felt more entrusted by a black patient than the rest of my team.
Who else can better deliver care to communities that those from the community.
I can’t tell the number of times I felt more entrusted by a black patient than the rest of my team.
Who else can better deliver care to communities that those from the community.
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