American Medical Association Restricts Two Scholarships On The Basis Of Race

The American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation is offering students at least two scholarships on the basis of race, according to its website.

One of the scholarships is for black, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian and native Alaskan medical students, and the other is for black students only, according to its website. Similar scholarships have come under fire from conservative legal organizations, and one legal scholar said that scholarships selective on the basis of race may violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

One scholarship is titled “AMA Foundation Underrepresented in Medicine Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship,” which requires applicants to be “African American/Black, Latine/Hispanic or American Indian/Native Hawaiians/Alaska Native,” according to its website. The other scholarship, titled “Dr. Richard Allen Williams & Genita Evangelista Johnson/Association of Black Cardiologists Scholarship,” requires applicants to be “African American/Black” medical students who are interested in cardiology.