Op-Ed
No, Michael Bloomberg — black doctors don’t offer better care to blacks than white ones
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Aug. 6 was a great day for the next generation of black doctors.
But it was also a reminder that divisive and discriminatory ideology has infected American medicine.
The praiseworthy part is that Michael Bloomberg gave $600 million to four historically black medical schools.
That money will help defray the exorbitant cost of medical school, hopefully for those with the greatest financial need.
The painful part is that Bloomberg gave this gift in service to a lie — one that encourages racism and even medicine’s re-segregation, though the former mayor surely doesn’t realize it.
Read more on the New York Post.