Are Pacific Islanders considered URMs?

[jv00927]

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I know Hispanics, African-Americans, and Native Americans are considered URMs. But are Pacific Islanders considered URMs? 😕

 

[MWillie]

Doubt it, there isn't a large number of pacific islanders in the general population.

 

[Will Ferrell]

If you have to ask, then you probably aren't.

 

[SanDiegoSOD]

If you have to ask, then you probably aren't.

And no, Pacific Islanders are not URMs.

 

[SanDiegoSOD]

BTW - South Americans are not URMs either (for those that were wondering)

 

[firebody]

BTW - South Americans are not URMs either (for those that were wondering)

thanks. i just told that to my friend pedro...boy was he surprised.

 

[MadameLULU]

If they are Native Hawaiians then the answer is yes.

See http://www.aamc.org/meded/urm/start.htm

"The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Executive Committee adopted a clarification (PDF, 2 pages - 44 KB) to its definition of "underrepresented in medicine" on March 19, 2004, titled "The status of the new AAMC definition of 'underrepresented in medicine' following the Supreme Court's decision in Grutter."

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) definition of underrepresented in medicine is:

"Underrepresented in medicine means those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population."

Adopted by the AAMC's Executive Council on June 26, 2003, the definition helps medical schools accomplish three important objectives:


* a shift in focus from a fixed aggregation of four racial and ethnic groups to a continually evolving underlying reality. The definition accommodates including and removing underrepresented groups on the basis of changing demographics of society and the profession,
* a shift in focus from a national perspective to a regional or local perspective on underrepresentation, and
* stimulate data collection and reporting on the broad range of racial and ethnic self-descriptions.


Before June 26, 2003, the AAMC used the term "underrepresented minority (URM)," which consisted of Blacks, Mexican-Americans, Native Americans (that is, American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians), and mainland Puerto Ricans. The AAMC remains committed to ensuring access to medical education and medicine-related careers for individuals from these four historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups."

 

[GuyLaroche]

pacific islanders are URMs.

 

[Pyroclast]

I read that native Hawaiians are considered URMs in the lastest Iserson's Getting a Residency also.

 

[dopaminophile]

Probably I'm not an URM if I'm 1/256th black. Perhaps we should be though. How many 1/256ers do you know that are physicians? Shoot, I bet most of them don't even know that they are 1/256ers.

 

[nzik]

Pacific Islanders are underrepresented minorities... I know this tread is like three years old, but my point needs to be made.

I don't know how mainland Puerto Ricans would be considered underrepresented minorities if Pacific Islanders are not.