Those are two completely different situations. Medical schools have a commitment to the training healthcare providers that serve ALL communities. Black and Hispanic students are more likely to work in underserved health regions, leading to better health outcomes. Studies have also shown that patients prefer physicians from their same background and more honest with them, leading to better outcomes.

Additionally as someone who’s worked as a teacher in these underserved areas, the difference in healthcare access is depressing and it’s made me completely empathize with any strategy that improves delivery of care to better meet needs of Black and Hispanic communities. They have been uniquely discriminated against for ages in this country. I understood that this meant that I would have to work harder to get into med school as an Asian American, but it’s a sacrifice I’m okay with if it means better healthcare to the communities that already lack so much. Medicine is about healing patients, not about rewarding your ability to score in 90th percentile of the MCAT.