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Summer Lee: “MCAT scores don't translate to better care for black people.”

Featuring: Summer Lee, Democratic | U.S. House Pennsylvania, District 12

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They say we should only rely on so called objective standards for medical competence. But objective according to who? You cannot standardize, test your way into empathy or taking people's pain seriously or cultural competency. MCAT scores don't translate to better care for black people. Automatically having all white male doctors is just as bad for the medical profession as having all white male congressmen is to our government. (02:16–02:20)

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Asserts that MCAT scores do not correlate with better medical care for black people.

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