We Need More BLACK Doctors | Diversity & Inclusion in Medicine

In the spirit of Black History Month, I wanted to touch on a topic that is very near and dear to me - the representation of Blacks/African-Americans in medicine. Only 3% of doctors in the U.S. are Black compared to the national Black population of 13%. This disparity must be addressed.
I discuss some of my solutions, which include pipeline programs, mentorship, and institutional accountability. We must ALL play a part in the solution.
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[@stomorevs]

She said “we are in black history month and so we are gonna talked about block people!” I ain’t mad about it! 😂 melanin having pre med over here.

[@thejuliacarter]

😂😂😂😂😂 Real talk, Michael 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@tofunmibaru]

I absolutely loved this. As a black female Pre-Med student, it is so nice to see such a successful black woman in medical school. Keep doing what you're doing!

[@thejuliacarter]

Thank you so much Tofunmi! Good luck to you on the journey 😊

[@BrandonMccray-xv6kg]

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[@itsasheetos9648]

"You can only be what you think is possible" louder for those in the back because representation matters. And yessss- med schools need to do better at not just recruiting Black students, but also making sure the environments they bring Black students into are safe. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@thejuliacarter]

100% facts girl! Which is a whole topic in and of itself - INCLUSIVE environments that are welcoming and safe for the diverse individuals that institutions bring in. Whewww

[@itsasheetos9648]

@@thejuliacarter a wholeeee pandora's box 📦

[@DocMatthews0311]

This is a game changer to help combat the many health challenges that our Black Community face. We need more Black Doctors and nurses. Representation matters due to trust and deeper connection with clients.

[@daijav9488]

I TRULY APPRECIATE ALL THE BLACK DOCTORS AND MED STUDENTS WHO HAVE SHARED THEIR STORIES!!! Becoming a doctor seemed impossible and I literally felt afraid to ask for advice and HOW to even become a doctor because I did not want to be doubted. It’s sad that as a woman of color that is literally the thought process..

[@ariellove6020]

I am going through the same thing!!

[@superyahyah18]

Thank you for posting this video! I just passed the MCAT and applying to med school this year to become a psychiatrist. I've been faced with many obstacles on my journey, including being told by a physician that I shouldn't become one. Im new to your channel, but I just subscribed. Good luck on journey to becoming a doctor. Very inspiring

[@HealthStudentsStudyWithMe]

THANK YOU! I needed to watch this. I am currently going to nursing school and I plan on going to med school at some point. Im not sure when, but I will. Subscribed!

[@michaelpatschak9612]

Awesome video! There's also the sad reality that some doctors are racist and, either willfully or ignorantly, misdiagnose and mistreat Black peoples' ailments. And that's the nicest way to put it.

[@thejuliacarter]

Absolutely! There are racists in every field, medicine included. And we must call it out if and when we see and hear things because this affects the patients.

[@sharonaligaz9254]

Recently decided to apply to med school after being pre-PA for so long in my undergrad. This video is inspiring!

[@shakaraunique8069]

In love with how articulate, knowledgeable, and personable you are love this video will continue my journey in Medicine & yours as well.

[@thejuliacarter]

Thank you so much Shakara 🙏🏽😌😌 Good luck in your journey!

[@alancold1427]

Never say that To a black person ever again - as if ur shocked 😯. Smh

[@theplantainchiplover]

I'm in college & pre-med! love your videos :)

[@thejuliacarter]

Thank you so much!

[@bharris4517]

I’m a 26 yo in tech and I’m thinking about a career change into Medicine. I want to be on the front line to help our community.

[@DeniseP]

"I'm the one that looks like them on the team" HOW FREAKIN REAL IS THATTTTT!?!!!

[@Kwameking1]

I’m on board.We must have more Black American Doctors

[@Kwameking1]

Julia,I’ve been thinking the same thoughts since the 70’s(The small amount of doctors) We have to Support our your People.

[@Deardhra]

Thank you for speaking on this important topic! You are so beautiful btw!!! Subscribed!

[@thejuliacarter]

Thank you so much, Deardhra ❤️ welcome to the fam girl ☺️

[@jeanpierre9539]

I love this! Keep going, pre-med student here. 👏🏾💯

[@jansmith8048]

You have no idea how important this message is thank you for sharing

[@thejuliacarter]

My pleasure Jan ❤️

[@byst017]

Great work Dr. Carter! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🥲

[@thejuliacarter]

Thank you Byron! 🤗

[@DrReginaldFinleySr]

Indeed we do. FYI, all humans have melanin unless you are albino.

[@sidneybaldwin7336]

I’ve been thinking about going to medical school just so black little girls can see we can do it to and I also heard black babies survive more with black nurses to

[@Anoldaccount988]

You showed your shirt and I really read “Melanin DC” 😭😭😭🤧Lawd

[@jasminepearls1047]

My city in has a lot of black American nurses just not doctors. One thing is our school offers college nursing programs to 11th and 12th graders so when they leave high school they already have some credit and understanding. So there is less black men in the medical field.

[@calicoesblue4703]

Facts 100%

[@AcieLee1990]

I love everything you said sista

[@prdeacon974]

While we have failing public k-12 schools, it will be difficult to have more black doctors. What is needed is school choice. Parents send the kids to whatever school they want. Too many illegals in inner schools. So teachers are speaking Spanish while a black kid sits there. It’s not like they everywhere though.

[@Lovenaka333]

Yes yes yes this video is inspiring and yes I do consider you a mentor

[@thejuliacarter]

Yessss girl 💛💛 Grateful I can help!

[@raidergainzx5290]

Ill start by saying this isnt a slight.i love seeing us in a field like this.but.... A lot of black folks and im speaking black americans simply dont seek to be doctors. I mentor at a youth center for about 30 kids and most of them are black. We did a career day which i asked what they want to be when they grow up. Only 3 kids said a doctor. Of those 3 only 1 was black. It made me think of why. Well we went away from that aspiration when we let hip hop take over our culture in my opinion. We took on a culture of fast money versus smart money. We have the brains absolutley to do both but the smart money doesnt translate well with generations that grew up after the 80s. Whats crazy about the medical field is Many of the precedures we founded. But to say it racism as to why there is less black representation is an excuse for a bigger internal problem that only we can address. Think about it, hospitals get incentives specifically to hire black people, hbcu alumni, and especially black women. We call that getting help, so how is that racist? We need to stop that victim mentality and grind. The opportunities are all over, we just need to instill in our culture its VERY possible. Ive had doctors of all races, they were all the same pretty much because ive demanded the best care and not because of race. And i watched my wife almost die giving birth to our daughter, her doctor was a black woman and went to the same hbcu as her. She swore on getting a doctor that was black. I told her just get the best doctor no matter the race. Well She gave her too much of a medication that basically gave her additional challenges at birth. An asian doctor came in, reevaluated everything, then helped her out to get her back stable. I say all that to say the preference in medicine should be getting the best doctor and demanding the best care. Not just demanding sombody who looks like you. Also if you are aspiring to become a doctor, i applaud you. work your ass off to be the best you can. And once you make it like she said you should mentor the youth. But in all honestly, we need a cultural overhaul because right now our culture is one of victimhood and blaming everyone else for stuff we can control.

[@bensimmonsmd]

Great discussion

[@thejuliacarter]

Thanks Ben! 🙌🏽

[@Anoldaccount988]

“Not enough to be not racist but rather should be actively ANTI racist” YOU BETTER TEACH Pipeline programs... are they available for premed/ uni students?

[@Juejue-bb1ws]

I think her ideas are okay. But we are not pointing out the systemic problem of privelege in the school system. The MCAT test needs to be cut from the curriculum. Alot of folks are not trying to open doors for folks. Its just the blank truth.

[@HouseDarten]

Passion!

[@thejuliacarter]

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@vitaminbrit1]

Love this!!

[@thejuliacarter]

Thanks girl 💜

[@9doggie12]

Blame the Flexnor Report for destroying black medical schools

[@markgoff3367]

Dumb me, l didn't realize there was any difference between a black woman and any other woman! Thought they were all created the same!

[@Wimboslice]

Lower the standards like everything else. I'm sure it will work out

[@davidrockwell7105]

I have an idea for you to increase the numbers. There are three things you can do. It will solve evertthing. 1 study, 2 study, 3 study. After that keep politics out of medicine.

[@lottnio8207]

That’s really important to have doctors from the whole colour spectrum. Hopefully there are Indian (I mean origin red Indian) and Eskimo doctors too. Because many black people live in the hoods do they check that they don’t have gangster background or relations when entering Med school.

[@brooklynbud1138]

D - diversity I - inclusion E - equity This is how America falls

[@rajeshroshan2877]

Will she fight Hwyte supreeeeemism by killing her Hwyte patients?

[@thejuliacarter]

I’m not even going to entertain this.

[@Kwameking1]

Subscribed

[@killermoon635]

We need more qualified doctors. It does not matter the race

[@greattribulation1388]

We have plenty of black doctors, they’re from Nigeria. Maybe you should ask them how they do it?

[@LSPtheFrecklefaceArtist11]

Your know your not black and it’s nothing wrong being biracial.

[@thejuliacarter]

Whew, not ignorance and gatekeeping Blackness during Black History Month.

[@svnsetsomnia8280]

I feel like saying we need more [INSERT RACE HERE] doctors is kind of racist in and of itself

[@thejuliacarter]

No. Absolutely not.

[@desireehansen6901]

I think your missing the point, DIVERSITY! Who's affected by diversity BLACKS (and other minority races, which she included just in case you missed it 😉). However, she is representing her race as she has the right too. She's stating FACTS, some of which are stemmed from racism, in which she's providing a SOLUTION which is completely opposite of racism. Go troll somewhere else....

[@svnsetsomnia8280]

@@desireehansen6901 I wasn’t trying to troll. I understand y’all liberals don’t like different opinions and like to label such as “trolling” but that was not my intention

[@maroonhorizon1693]

So do you believe saying we need more women doctors is sexist? Saying we need more blacks isn’t racist just like saying we need more women isn’t sexists. pls…don’t become a doctor..you’re close minded

[@svnsetsomnia8280]

@@maroonhorizon1693 yes, saying we need more of any gender is by definition sexist. I don’t know why y’all can’t just let people be whatever they want to be

[@fredbeall6320]

Good God, I hope you are better at medicine than you are economics, sociology, political science, and philosophy.

[@desireehansen6901]

Says a person who ingores very real discrimination and racism within the system. She address VALID issues, which is not in any way a metric of her ability to provide medicine. I'm sure she'll do better than the doctor who chooses to ignore these disparities... like you?

[@davonnacarter1445]

I’ve literally been looking for black Doctors 🥼

[@averagegoy]

No