WHY FEW BLACK MEN ARE MATRICULATING INTO MEDICAL SCHOOL?

There are few numbers of black men becoming a Doctor in the United States and many reasons are given for the cause. The following are three major reasons for the low admission of blackmen into medical school.
1. HISTORY:
According to Dr. Louis Sullivan, president emeritus and founding dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine and the secretary of health under President George H.W. Bush, history plays a big role in the current shortage of male African-American physicians.
“Blacks, and especially black males, have always been underrepresented in medicine,” Sullivan told NBC News. “This stems from slavery and legally enforced segregation.”
2. COST:
cost is as much an issue as anything. Given that many black men come from low-income families. The cost of attending medical school is too high a burden to put on their families.
Many black students are underfunded. The majority of black doctors come from only three or four historically black colleges and universities — Spelman, Howard, Xavier and Morehouse.
Dr.  Nivet said. "Those institutions need more resources, both federal and philanthropic, based on their great and historic track record of sending African-Americans to medical school.”
Black students often attend underperforming schools in urban areas or come from low-income families, or both. Even those who are successful in math and science or come from higher-income families are often discouraged from applying by misguided college counselors who cite the high cost of attendance and the perceived lack of preparedness they would encounter if accepted as reasons why.

3. YOU CAN'T IMAGINE BEING WHAT YOU DON'T SEE
according to Dr.  Nivet “The obstacles start early and it’s hard not to appreciate the interplay between socioeconomic status and race. To make matters worse, many black men don’t have examples of black doctors in their lives. You can't imagine being what you don't see,” he added.

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