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https://www.aamc.org/data-reports/workforce/interactive-data...

5% of doctors are black. similarly hispanic. 17% are asian.

what infuriates me to no end whenever affirmative action comes up is how people refuse to admit just how far behind black and hispanic communities/people are in the united states[1]. and instead of people focusing on the real villain (white supremacy) they pit minorities against each other. the solution isn't to take spots from slightly less qualified[2] black people - the solution is to take spots from overprivileged white people. but that's of course unfathomable right? just like it's unfathomable that instead of cutting welfare programs to pay for some sort policy we increase taxes.

[1] just look at this it's literally a fucking order of magnitude difference: https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/fiscal-fact/median-value-wea...

[2] what does it mean to be "qualified" for undergrad degree anyway.



Worth noting that white people are also underrepresented relative to share of population among elite colleges.




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