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After the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, concerns have arisen that a pathway into medicine may become much harder for students of color. Heightening the alarm: the medical field’s reckoning with longstanding health inequities. Black Americans represent 13% of the United States population, yet just 6% of physicians in the nation are Black. Increasing representation among doctors is one solution experts believe could help disrupt health inequities.

Dr. Starling Tolliver knew she wanted to become a doctor. Yet, as a Black girl growing up in Akron, Ohio, it was a dream that felt out of reach. She rarely saw doctors who looked like her. As a child, she experienced severe hair loss, and struggled to find a…

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By Kat Stafford | The Associated Press - Dr. Starling Tolliver, a dermatology resident at Wayne State University, made a pact with two childhood best friends to become doctors who would care for Black and underserved communities, but the Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action has raised concerns that a path into medicine may become much harder for students of color, with the consequences potentially affecting Black health for generations to come.

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