Yeah. FUCK THAT!!

J aka Brother Soul

Like I said, it's a culture. If medical school culture keeps being racist, I'm not sure it matters if young kids are taught about institutionalized racism. I like that this is a thing now, but I don't think it will ever be enough as many industries keep promoting racist individuals and practices.

It definitely a start, but it won't be enough on its own. Environments like medical schools are exclusive enough to have a culture of their own regardless of the general environment. This means that kids taught about institutionalized racism may end up reneging their teachings once inside one of these environments.

We really need to work from all angles, and to do that it needs to be recognized from within the home, within the cultural connections via education and outside home activities and from a governmental perspective. And it has to be a consistent awareness from all three at the same time :/.. I mean, absolutely be better, and demand better.

School is a part of kid's characters, but only a part. The family environment and their own personal sensibility are the two other major parts. So whether such a teaching would stick with all the students is highly debatable. Still worth it, just not the end of it all in itself.

And I'm very much with you on stripping government support from for-profit education. I don't think a ban is in order because it is neither desirable nor realistically achievable, but I'm opposed to the current public support with either accreditation or direct funding.

We all do what we can, which is gonna look different for each person. I would like to be optimistic, but I definitely am hesitant there when I see the effects of social pressures and how it can really change a person. But, I would never say do more than you a capable of. If you have power and can use it, great. I do think teaching children to fight racism is incredibly important, but it's hard for me to see it being enough on it's own