Black Man in a white Coat part 1

Before starting this book, I was walking with my best friend, Jonathan in high school. I did my best to lightly ask him about his Dad who like the author is also a black doctor, whether he shared with Jonathan any prejudice or racism in his training or even in the work place now. A little taken back, he admitted that although he could not recall any specific stories he does remember his Dad speaking about certain expectations and prejudice for him simply being black. As we continued walking I thought about all of the doctors I encountered in my life, and the resulting realization that the majority have been white.
This anecdote set up my expectation for the book which was curiosity of the experiences that a successful black doctor had maybe it was like Dr. Evans. So far, I was far more struck by some of the unconscious prejudice in his first year lectures. Specifically, "Are you here to fix the lights", really hit at the core of the issue. For this professor to make the assumption that a black student would have only a lower position in the university rather than the potential to be a bright intelligent medical trainee.
Overall, the first impression to me was more of a question of the concept of "best of the black", and how that creates unreasonable expectations of those black students who have the potential to have successful jobs that consciously and unconsciously been deemed to be white and Asian only. The connection that he has with other black patients solidifies that there is not only a expectation of his colleagues but also the other people he is working with.