MORE THAN A DOZEN TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL STUDENTS POSED AT FORMER SLAVE QUARTERS, INSPIRING OTHERS! -A RAINBOW OF ROLE MODELS {WEDNESDAY SERIES}
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Med students send messages with plantation photos: “We are our ancestors’ wildest dreams”! – A RAINBOW OF ROLE MODELS {WEDNESDAY SERIES} (CONTINUED FROM APRIL 12, 2023 POSTING: A SECURITY GUARD REALIZES HIS DREAM OF BECOMING DR. RUSSELL LEDET – SEE LINK BELOW)
STYRON’S INTRODUCTION
Continuation from last week’s role model series: April 12, 2023: A SECURITY GUARD REALIZES HIS DREAM OF BECOMING A DOCTOR! – A RAINBOW OF ROLE MODELS {WEDNESDAY SERIES}
Over a dozen medical students from Tulane University struck a powerful pose at the Whitney Historic Plantation’s former slave quarters. These young black men and women are blazing a trail of success and hope for every child out there, especially those who may feel their dreams are out of reach. They’re not just inspiring role models; they’re living proof that anything is possible with grit, determination, and a steadfast belief in yourself. So let’s spread the word about their incredible journey and use it as fuel to ignite the fire of perseverance in every young heart. No dream is too big or too impossible to chase.
Thank you, Dr. James Leemann, for recommending today’s role model.
By Mohammed Syed and Suzanne Ciechalski
“It wasn’t by chance that more than a dozen black medical students dressed in white coats and posed outside the slave quarters of a Louisiana plantation.
Russell Ledet and classmates from Tulane University planned the trip and photos at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, hoping that others would be inspired by the images.
“Just thinking about being a black doctor in America. I think more people should see this,” Ledet, 33, told NBC News.
The second-year med student first visited the site with his daughter and a friend last summer and shared the impression it made on him with classmate Sydney Labat and others.
“I came back and talked about it with Sydney and the classmates. I said, ‘We should go in all black and our white coats.’ Everybody was on board,” Ledet said.
On Saturday, 16 members of Tulane’s Student National Medical Association made the trip from New Orleans to the former plantation, which is about 50 miles west.
“Seeing that many black students in training in one photo were striking. In a place that was dedicated to our ancestors and their struggles,” Labat, 24, said. “We knew this photo would make people stop … and think. I can say for myself I definitely got emotional throughout this experience.”
Labat shared an image of 15 students outside the slave quarters on Twitter that has since gone viral, garnering over 20,000 retweets and more than 85,000 likes.
“Standing in front of the slave quarters of our ancestors, at The Whitney Plantation, with my medical school classmates. We are truly our ancestors’ wildest dreams,” Labat wrote on Twitter. Ledet hopes the message gets to those who lack representation in and out of the classroom.
“There are babies, kids in school right now, and they don’t have these images in their classrooms,” he said. “They don’t have the image of someone black in a white coat. The first thing they see is a white guy.”
“These kids need somebody who looks like them in an image in their classroom,” Ledet said. “When that’s in their mind, that’s where their memories come from. They can be me.”
“You will rarely find an image of black medical students in a classroom, regardless of the makeup of the kids in the classroom,” Ledet said. “Our goal now is to get 100,000 of these pictures framed and put them in classrooms.”
He said a few school boards have already said they’d support the endeavor.
The dean of Tulane’s medical school is proud of the students and their message.
“These are powerful images. Our students are our greatest strength, and we applaud their sense of purpose, community, and service,” Dr. Lee Hamm, Tulane University School of Medicine dean and senior vice president, said in a statement to NBC News.
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“When you are part of a minority group, it is easy to feel like you don’t belong or that your experiences are not understood. Seeing people who look like you in positions of power helps to counteract these feelings by providing a sense of connection and belonging.” Styron Powers
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