Yes. Asians in medicine are currently experiencing a slash. Why?
Politically correct: the demographic of the state should be represented properly in the proportion of the physician class, or so research claims that patients feel more comfortable with this. "Never mind the encroaching problem that is patient survey based healthcare".
Truth: there has always been a disdain for doctors that have terrible listening skills and bedside manner. There has been a push to "humanize" doctors, whether it be making their criteria prereqs to be "more well rounded", etc. Problem is, thanks to Hollywood and the general anti China media, people tend to associate Asians to being robotic and only good test takers with no leadership. This phenomenon is observed plenty of times not only in corporate offices, but in movies and tv shows (an otherwise intelligent or physically adept Asian character gets usurped by protagonist that is not Asian because protagonist has 'leadershipz' and 'emotion' ( and gets the submissive Asian girl, which is a whole other can of worms). I've seen some threads here where some higher ups inadvertently admit that these "robotic type Asians" are part of a factor as to why the mcat has changed. To be more blunt, this applies more to asian men than asian women, because asian women have had relatively more 'accepted' exposure in media (provided they are either 1) hypersexualized (Lucy Liu) or 2) married to a white dude that demonstrates their "assimilation" (Amy Tan) - again, whole other can of worms that I don't want to address here unless I want to be like JK Rowling and write 7 novels).
http://www.asamnews.com/2015/03/07/tv-producer-asian-guys-in-my-show-not-gonna-happen/ <- anecdote of a dude in a Nickelodean exec room on a new show.
Harvard was recently sued by Asian American associations because they realized that well rounded Asian students that did awesome world changing things were not being fairly considered because there was a quota on Asians. This phenomenon is commonly called "goal changing" where the goal is constantly getting moved so the person trying to score never really gets it, even if he aimed right. This candidate scored well on tests? well duh, he's asian, all he does is study. Oh what? He played collegiate soccer and founded a health fraternity? Just padding his resume, he has no passion because he is asian and he is a robot. Of course, this isn't overtly said, because overt racism is addressed nowadays. It's the passive ones that go under the radar. It is a crappy feeling having sacrifice so much to create and do so many great things, only to not have them acknowledged because or "oh just another asian doing typical asian things", etc etc.
The interviews I've been to, I was literally one of two Asian guys, sometimes the only one. Idk what can be concluded from that, maybe all Asian dudes went to business? Lol
That being said, I think that it's not all bad, but it's important to be aware of these constantly fluctuating circumstances so you or your future kids won't be on the short end of the stick because of your race. To dismiss it because it's not necessarily happening to you personally is essentially not learning from history, and it will definitely repeat itself. Too many times I've been shamed for speaking up in these issues because "you're Asian why are you complaining", which is a whole level of ignorance within itself and dismissing my individual story because of my race. Keeping your head down and "working hard" will not solve anything. Any previous social movement, historical or otherwise, would not have happened if the people involved in the movement studied hard instead, did their own thing, and hoped society would change their views on certain issues.
Sorry for my rant, I will change this into more readable language once I'm done at the gym
Edit: screw it. It's 4am and I had the best workout sess. I'm hitting the sack.
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