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They're among the best and brightest in medicine. Collectively, these physicians have saved millions of lives through revolutionary treatments of diseases ranging from cancer and diabetes to heart attacks and HIV/AIDS. Many have been responsible for major medical breakthroughs and have participated in the creation of drugs that have improved the quality of life of patients at home and abroad.
A lot has been made of the potential for Meghan Markle to disrupt the status quo for women, and black women, in particular. No sooner did we learn her new title – the Duchess of Sussex – than she was playfully nicknamed the Duchess of Success. But success for whom, I wondered?
Engineering is high-paying and offers job security, yet relatively few African Americans pursue work in the field. Efforts to increase diversity abound.
"We're not ready to return to normal," says Abrams. "We have people who are the most vulnerable and the least resilient being put on the front lines, contracting a disease that they cannot get treatment for."
After defending Chris Brown and praising his talent, Jill Scott became a trending topic for all the wrong reasons over the weekend.
