{"id":8726,"date":"2001-05-01T22:18:24","date_gmt":"2001-05-01T22:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/?p=8726"},"modified":"2021-11-04T04:14:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T04:14:16","slug":"forum-minority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/2001\/05\/01\/forum-minority\/","title":{"rendered":"Forum: Minority?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted by: AMY11500<\/span><\/p>\n

Hi everyone–
\nI had a weird experience this past weekend that’s been bothering me a lot. Both me and my boyfriend are premedical students; he’s ahead of me in the process, and he’ll be starting this fall. He happens to be half-Latino, which qualifies him as a minority applicant. I’m half-Asian, which means nothing in terms of medical school admissions (Asians aren’t underrepresented minorities in medicine). I tagged along with him to a program for accepted applicants…we spent a lot of time seperated from the rest of the class for minority events. Like many colleges and universities, they have a minority affairs office which coordinates activites and provides mentors and support for minority students. The kicker about all this is, was that a large % of the people there were multiracial students, who had under-represented minority (URM) backgrounds. I thought it was a fantastic group, and I felt really comfortable with them. I know, however, if I went to this particular school…I wouldn’t be invited to be in this group, and I know that I could benefit a lot from a group like this. And well…I guess I still haven’t come to terms with this whole admissions thing. My question is this–do you think that “multiracial” should be considered a seperate minority group? I guess the reason why there is a huge push for URM physicans is to help make the health care system more friendly and accessible for all people. And to have minority role models to encourage more minorites to consider a career in medicine. I feel that I can contribute in this capacity to medicine as well. I can certainly understand the arguments against grouping multiracials as a seperate group, but I have this horrible nagging feeling of some huge injustice being done…I hope I didn’t sound too bitter (I’m kinda stressed about applying right about now!) Any advice\/comforting words would be appreciated!<\/p>\n

2001-05-01 22:18:00<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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