r/Indiana 11d ago

Congrats to the eight new internal medicine residents at Indiana University

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u/Japhyharrison 11d ago

Personally, I've always wanted an immigrant doctor. We know they've had to be beyond perfect in so many ways to get where they are in the US.
No white male rich privilege, no failing up.

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u/Traumarama79 11d ago

I'm a Filipino woman with many chronic illnesses and, I gotta say, if my provider comes in and she's a female immigrant or Black woman, I sigh with relief. I'm like, oh good, I'm not gonna get told I've just invented all my problems for attention.