Opinion | Only 1.8% of U.S. Doctors Were Black in 1906—Inequality in Medical Education Continues

by External Media Posts · 06/27/2024

Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own state bans on diversity initiatives, especially those that might make students feel shame or guilt for past harms against people of color.

This effort encompasses medical schools.

Despite clear and persistent gaps between white and Black doctors – and recent efforts to reckon with racial disparities within the medical profession – lawmakers have tried to advance policies to prohibit diversity initiatives in medicine.

Benjamin Chrisinger June 26, 2024

Read the full article here Mississippi Free Press