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GRADUATION RATES FOR BLACKS ARE LOWER The graduation rate of Black students at most U.S. medical schools is lower than that of the nation’s top-ranked institutions. Across the country, Black medical students are twice as likely to leave medical school without a degree as White students. Black male medical students have the highest rate of dismissal. T hese disproportional derailments continue into residency , where young Black medical residents continue to see a higher dismi

Eric Kyere , IUPUI Some critics of Black Lives Matter say the movement itself is racist . Their frequent counterargument: All lives matter. Lost in that view, however, is a historical perspective. Look back to the late 18th century, to the very beginnings of the U.S., and you will see Black lives in this country did not seem to matter at all. Foremost among the unrelenting cruelties heaped upon enslaved people was the lack of health care for them. Infants and children fared