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A Medical School Tradition Comes Under Fire For Racism
NPR ^ | 9/5/18

Posted on 09/07/2018 8:23:08 PM PDT by Altura Ct.

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1 posted on 09/07/2018 8:23:08 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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Sorry Miss Lynch but folks admitted to medical school thanks to affirmative action are likely to not be as accomplished in medical school as those admitted NOT using affirmative action.


2 posted on 09/07/2018 8:28:29 PM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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Remember this when you see a med school diploma:

“...around 3 percent of students chosen for the distinction at Icahn were from a racial background that is underrepresented in medicine, which includes blacks and Latinos. In that same period, about 18 percent to 20 percent of each graduating class at Icahn came from those groups.”


3 posted on 09/07/2018 8:31:04 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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It's not because she didn't excel. It's because her medical school, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, put a moratorium on student nominations because it determined the selection process discriminates against students of color.

What about the awarding of medical school degrees? Does that discriminate between people who can pass the courses, and those who can?

4 posted on 09/07/2018 8:31:10 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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“black and Latino faces were conspicuously sparse”

Sparse? Not absent? And how can one tell a Latino from face? Can’t always.

And, how about Asian faces? Were they sparse?


5 posted on 09/07/2018 8:33:46 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Altura Ct.

Meanwhile, as usual, no worries about oriental or Indian students and their passing/award rates.


6 posted on 09/07/2018 8:37:01 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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“around 3 percent of students chosen for the distinction at Icahn were from a racial background that is underrepresented in medicine”

Underrepresented is key here.

There are plenty of non-Caucasian minorities I’m sure. They just aren’t “underrepresented, so it doesn’t count.


7 posted on 09/07/2018 8:37:03 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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May these people all end up one day in an emergency room with their lives in the hands of affirmative action physicians......


8 posted on 09/07/2018 8:37:57 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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Okay, now do NBA players


9 posted on 09/07/2018 8:38:10 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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around 3 percent of students chosen for the distinction at Icahn were from a racial background that is underrepresented in medicine, which includes blacks and Latinos. In that same period, about 18 percent to 20 percent of each graduating class at Icahn came from those groups.

The graduating classes of 18-20% may only be that way because of affirmative action. If admissions were completely blind and based on objective standards only, it could very well be 3%

10 posted on 09/07/2018 8:52:07 PM PDT by PGR88
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Affirmative action is racism.


11 posted on 09/07/2018 8:53:47 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif"> zXSEP5Z, Audt7QO. xnKL3lW, RZ9yuyQ. XywCCJd, zQ9Ghyq.)
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Blacks are destroying civil society in a very slow way


12 posted on 09/07/2018 8:54:42 PM PDT by Lee25
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It used to be that if you were confronted by an M.D. who was of an “under represented group”, you could count on them having earned their degree. Now, you must assume an M.D. of such a group was given their degree without having earned it.

This is the sort of thing that motivates Walter E. Williams.


13 posted on 09/07/2018 8:58:48 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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What I saw in med school was some minority students being coddled beyond belief. Flunk courses repeatedly and still allowed to stay. It was a joke.

One of my friends who was black and very smart said he would never go to a black doc because you don’t know if they made it thru because of their brains or because of affirmative action.


14 posted on 09/07/2018 8:59:38 PM PDT by lizma2
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Exactly....


15 posted on 09/07/2018 9:10:00 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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"AOA is an award of student excellence. What was the argument that was being perpetuated about us if we're not being included?"

Its called cognitive inequality. Some folks are good at brain-related subjects. Others are good at sports, etc. Capisce, Mr Med Student?

Its what we call "genetics", Mr Dr-in-Training.

16 posted on 09/07/2018 9:17:01 PM PDT by bkopto
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The error here is the manner used to determine "under represented". If it takes an IQ of 150+ to achieve the top of the class standing, then compare the number of persons in that intelligence range by race. It is the distribution of that group that is a valid measure of representation. The percentages will not mirror the demographic spread of the entire population.

It's too bad the people at the college are too stupid to recognize the error of their thought process. It casts the quality of the school in a poor light.

17 posted on 09/07/2018 9:24:09 PM PDT by Myrddin
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This is the height of insanity. Basically, no one can be recognized for excellence or accomplishment unless every race is perfectly recognized among those recognized. Where will this end?


18 posted on 09/07/2018 9:27:25 PM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
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And will there now be a certain percentage of transexuals in med school to make libs happy? Never mind grades or skills any more!


19 posted on 09/07/2018 9:35:11 PM PDT by LYDIAONTARIO
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“Sorry Miss Lynch but folks admitted to medical school thanks to affirmative action are likely to not be as accomplished in medical school as those admitted NOT using affirmative action.”

Agree. And I STILL BELIEVE that one of the REAL reasons for the push for socialized medicine is the FACT that when people are given a CHOICE, they generally will NOT chose those who have been given their license to meet some ‘numbers’ quota, but instead they will choose those who EARNED their way to their certification (i.e., Jews).


20 posted on 09/07/2018 9:42:17 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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