"Or it’s a push to get people of color more interested in dentistry, so more people apply. There’s also a push to accept more women into dentistry too. No one just gets in based off skin color alone, that’s a ridiculous claim. They are still qualified applicants."
I have no problem with encouraging black people to enter the medical field... as long as that doesn't include a preferential admission criteria that discriminates against non-black applicants. By the way, if you look at the admissions statistics, black applicants (along with latino and native applicants) do gain admission with lesser scores than their white and asian peers. I have a serious problem with this.
"Yeah I’m not interested in your anecdotal evidence because I highly doubt anyone had access to those students transcripts to support the idea that they were bottom of their class."
Class rank is something that is discussed amongst medical students. I know for a fact that several black students who were ranked in the bottom quartile of their medical school class are now going to be residents at some of the top hospitals (think Johns Hopkins and Mayo) in highly competitive specialties such as neuro and ortho. This was due in large part to the color of their skin, and the residencies brag about this.
"Well maybe the public needs to get rid of the idea that black people accepted to dental school aren’t qualified to be there and get in only because of their skin color."
The public isn't stupid. If they know, rightfully, that certain applicants who have lower GPAs and entrance exam scores are gaining advantages in the admissions process due to the color of their skin, they will be skeptical of these doctors when it comes to who they select to perform treatment. Would you want your heart surgery performed by a doctor who was near the bottom of their class but was able to become a heart surgeon in large part because of their skin color? It undermines them as individuals and undermines academia/medicine in general.
"With that said though, people of color have been discriminated against in medicine for a long time along with other prestigious professions. That’s why most dentists are white men, so I don’t really care if another white man doesn’t get a seat because schools want to accept 1 or 2 more black qualified students."
Most dentists are white men because more white men want to become dentists. Sometimes when presented with a question, the most likely answer is the simplest one. Do you really think it's more likely that schools are actively discriminating against black applicants? Or is it more likely that more whites happen to apply and qualify?
If you think schools have this proclivity to discriminate based on race, why do you attend a dental school and give them your money? If you really thought they were this racist, I'd imagine you'd drop out immediately and file a lawsuit or start a protest movement. But no, you're happy to keep attending. Interesting.