While the U.S. government commits senseless acts like skimping on consulate security in violent North African countries, it spends $500 million to help minorities—especially blacks—enter biomedical research fields where lack of diversity is “disturbing and disheartening.”
The grand plan was announced this month by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation’s medical research agency. As part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH doles out north of $31 billion annually to hundreds of thousands of researchers at thousands of universities and institutions around the globe.
Last year the NIH sanctioned a study that determined blacks who apply for federal research grants are less likely than whites and Hispanics to receive the awards. The study took years and was conducted to “learn more about the challenges facing the scientific community,” according to the NIH’s director, and to improve the diversity of its biomedical research workforce. He called the findings “disturbing and disheartening.”
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5 comments:
Uhhh, there is a reason they are less likely to EARN the grant, they are NOT as deserving.
Can't have it until you EARN it in fair competition.
This, like affirmative action is an admission of black inferiority.
The playing field must be slanted in their advantage for them to succeed. (Or to be fair)
The hispanics don't drive around with a chain around their tags.
Anyway , so what!!
can't earn, can't learn. worked with many in professional school. LAZY also!
When I read the article,there did not appear to be mention of the specific medical issues faced by each ethic group.Each race has it's own specific medical problems that are unique to that race.The funding is granted in hopes that the aforementioned will specialize in those medical issues involving their own race.To the lay person,the medical profession does not appear to be as diverse as it is.
if you work hard for something you will get it. EXPECTING something just because your black wont get you anything.
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