I had been following you guys for quite a while before I started my journey to become a black man in a white coat. As of December 15th, 2022, I was accepted into my top dental school (WLHSDM) after having a similar upbringing as most black men. If there's one thing I can share, it is to stay hungry and never settle. While settling, you are limiting yourself to potential growth, which is needed to enhance not only your development but the ones who are following in the footsteps you've created. Stay blessed and live life to its fullest potential.
I'm so inspired by your work and when i thought of giving up on medicine this team came just on time and motivated for the job and why i should continue....Thanks for saving my future and saving my white coat for me
I love this so much.. the best Dr I've ever had was a black dr from Oklahoma, I totally trust him..i hope I can find a way to help change the minds of people 🙏
Unfortunately, many medical schools, jobs, and many others are judging people based on their skin color, religion, and gender nowadays. Pre-medical students should be judged by their GPA, MCAT scores, volunteering experiences, and so on rather than their gender, race, and other characteristics that they were born with. For this reason, I believe race, gender, and other characteristics that one is born with should not be included in any school or job applications. I don't believe in this equity where we give more points when scoring medical school applications to minority groups just so that they can get ahead. I believe in equal opportunities, not equal outcomes (equity). We should accept the most qualified applicants rather than take those who are less qualified in order to create diversity.
@@alokobaju8288 your statement would imply that playing field is level it is not . I have encountered bias and reduced opportunities compared to my nonblack peers. 3% of the physicians in the USA are black men. This low number impacts patient care .
Being black should not be a limitation for u neither should it be for future generation. Let's not give up on our dreams so that others like us in our environment will know it's possible for them to be whatever they wish to do..They can also save themselves their white coat
There’s so many factors to consider when considering deciding to practice medicine…skin color is low on the list. If the whole idea in this is representation matters then just make a general argument about practicing medicine and the rewards. We can all see what you look like….😂
Maybe for you it’s low. The rewards of practicing medicine for many minorities is that you have the ability to help your community which is often neglected. This is often one of the biggest incentives.
@@kriskoinonia5543 patients don’t need “help” they need MDs they can trust. That has nothing to do with skin color… So called “black” people aren’t any more safe under the care of those who appear to look similar to them than they are with MDs who do not… Pandering to people of minority status in the US is often predatory, by all, almost never helpful… Recruiting for MDs would have to start at a preadolescent age. You have to have certain beliefs and ideologies, decorum and mentality. Those are pretty much nonexistent for most men of all backgrounds by the time they reach manhood… 😂
@@user-gu6vf3je1d You seem to be an intelligent person but definitely very ignorant on this matter. I encourage you to read on the impact of patient-physician race concordance with regards to health disparities. I encourage you to watch these guy’s documentary or attend one of their programs.
@@kriskoinonia5543 That’s largely propaganda. I have seen enough Medical staff in my years to come to my own conclusions on that subject. It’s just not so. I would have never received the successful treatment I have if I was biased against what a Doctor looked liked. NEVER. The circles in which most minority persons who have the ability to become MD’s is so narrow they are some the most unrelatable and biased individuals I have come across. It is actually quite hilarious.
@@user-gu6vf3je1d fascinating. Let’s throw out the decades of credible data again… smh. Does it ever occur to you that millions of people who don’t look like you have a different life experience? I suspect the only thing that will ever change mindsets like yours is not data but actually truly attempting to immerse oneself in another man’s world. It amazes me how some people (not necessarily you) complain saying why don’t “they” just help themselves BUT when they do start providing such programs to uplift themselves like this to show their youth these things are possible, rather than applaud them, they’re the first to disparage and criticize.
