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1/ My last thoughts for the day: The first time someone implied that, because my parents weren't born in the US, I couldn't understand what it's like to be Black in America...I was frustrated and hurt. #Sharethemicnowmed @Abdi_Abdullahi_
2/ I was born in the US and grew up identifying as Black. I'd experienced the racism that comes with that - from police encounters to being told by another med school interviewee that I was probably going to be accepted because I'm Black. #Sharethemicnowmed @Abdi_Abdullahi_
3/ That person was wrong. I am the son of refugee immigrants AND I'm Black.

But what I had to realize is that the call to disaggregate URM data isn't meant to dictate who is Black and who is not. I had let the messenger obfuscate the message. #Sharethemicnowmed @Abdi_Abdullahi_
4/ Similar to how disaggregating AAPI data is essential to highlighting important achievement gaps between different groups (in order to tailor support), disaggregating URM data is about visibility and not redefining who is Black. #Sharethemicnowmed @Abdi_Abdullahi_
5/ American Descendants Of Slavery face unique obstacles that I can't relate to, such as a history of housing discrimination and redlining. This long history of structural racism still has very real consequences for these communities today. #Sharethemicnowmed @Abdi_Abdullahi_
6/ Part of ensuring the medical profession is committed to diversity and equity entails that medical education is accessible to all communities. As such, I join my classmates in their request to disaggregate URM data #Sharethemicnowmed @Abdi_Abdullahi_
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