Plenty of rivers flow from the black lives matter movement. Criminal and economic justice are the most obvious of these. Here's one that hardly touches the public consciousness but that also matters: Our nation needs more black doctors, especially black male doctors.
Why? Because the talents of young black men who would make outstanding doctors are being wasted since so few make it into the medical profession and because black people need far greater access to culturally connected physicians who understand their lives and their challenges as much as their clinical needs.
This is a big problem for black Americans. We aren't saying that only black doctors should treat black people. But black people should be able to find black doctors when they want them.
Through writing as passionate as it is relatable, the authors provide an unflinching look at the barriers black Americans face as they try to move out of the place society has designated for them. This book is a searing indictment of our still separate and unequal education system, one that ensures the road to becoming a doctor, or a lawyer or professor, will be much harder for black children than it will be for white.
