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Dear Dr. Over,
Thank you for your thoughtful response to my essay on white privilege in medical education.
I wholeheartedly agree with you that physicians of color have made and continue to make essential contributions to the art and practice of medicine. At the same time, I believe that the systematic exclusion of many people of color from academic medical institutions is not only a historical phenome...
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I have just finished reading Dr. Romano's essay "White Privilege in a White Coat..." Since the racial trope of "white privilege" has permeated every other institution of society I suppose it was only a matter of time until it made its appearance in essays in our professional literature. Dr. Romano attributes his lack of moral courage in not challenging the gallows humor of his colleagues about the shooting death of a...
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