Ironic how the very people who would make the strongest stand for affirmative action look down their nose at the rest of us for noticing that it’s policy.
I wouldn’t go to a black or hispanic doctor for a life threatening procedure unless recommended by someone I know who’d been a patient. How do you know if the guy would have made it out of school had affirmative action not been in play?
The only segment more discriminated against than white males are Asians, so you know when you see an Asian doctor, that he made it on his own merit.
So if the racism and unfairness of affirmative action isn’t enough reason to avoid patronizing its recipients, maybe the chance of death is. You want patients to look at black and other minority doctors in a color blind fashion, perhaps you should set the example, New York Times.
Our local AM/PM clinic in small town Oklahoma had a black doctor for many years. He was competent, had an engaging personality, and was very popular. I have a hard time believing this story.
Jeez. It's not the affirmative action in admissions you need to worry about. The process weeds out the truly incompetent (as opposed to the moderately incompetent who come in all races, including Asians, my FRiend.) by having national and state boards. Those who shouldn't have been allowed in law school, won't pass the bar. Those who shouldn't have gone to nursing or med school, won't pass the boards.
I'm so sick of FReepers who paint minorities with such a broad brush and assume that everyone of them with a professional position is an incompetent product of affirmative action. Minorities DO get into professional programs with good grades and coming from good undergraduate programs, you know. There are black FReeper nurses, lawyers, computer professionals, engineers, and assorted other professions represented on this board. Are they all incompetent or will you give them a pass because they're conservatives?