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How being the only physician of color creates impossible expectations

I am the only Latino physician in my department and everyone expects me to fix all the cultural competency problems, but they do not want to hear about the structural changes that would actually make a difference.

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The person bears the impossible burden of representing their entire community while being given responsibility without authority to create meaningful change.

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