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The following is a version of the statement by the Alliance for Responsible Employment and Admissions Policies (AREAP), presented last week to the UC Task Force on Graduate and Professional Admissions.By AREAPThe idea ,pf . reverse discrimination has beengaining acceptance indiscussions about access tohealth care training in the U.S.Implying that affirmative , action programs ignore traditionally accepted criteria for admission, advocates ofnnn/iant OCC11 m P thatRacism, however, remains a severe restriction for minority communities seeking to achieve adequate levels of Service and training for their members. While health care is inadequate for many whites as well, statistics reveal that glaring inequities still exist. (See Appendix I).Faced with this grim picture as a daily reality. Third World workers, students, and community people during the 60’s demanded increased admissions to health professional schools, increased hiring of minority health workers, and more health service-providing facilities in■ l * TKPVthrough several years of higher education when sources of financial aid have been drying up have led to a declining pool of disadvantaged applicants at many graduate and professional schools including UCSF. In fact, in 1975-76 the percent of minoritiea in first year U.S. medical school classes remained static or declined from the previous year. Further, the chilling effect of the Bakke case has already been acknowledged by officials at three of UC’s law schools, where minority applications ‘dropped 13 to 22 percent last year.Some have questioned whether Third World health ivAflrorc artnn llv will return tocase was first allowed and where the Univer commitment to its de been equivocal at be UC’s clear responsil increase admissi* minority applica professional and [ education. It is oui sibility as students, si faculty to resist the w( of efforts to recruit a professionals who are to serve Third Worl munities.Criteria suggestiiIn medical schools has been gathered s 1960’s which has she there is little or no coL ^ i ... a a n ii n A f* V O T
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