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Benjamin Chrisinger, Assistant Professor, Community Health, Tufts University

Only 1.8% of US doctors were Black in 1906 – and the legacy of inequality in medical education has not yet been erased

Black students at Meharry Medical College, in 1915. Heritage Art/Getty Images

Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own state bans on diversity initiatives, especially those that might make students feel shame or guilt for past harms against people of color.

This effort encompasses medical schools.

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