Right now in California, there is a health care crisis. It is a crisis of supply. It is also an extraordinary opportunity, and I am perplexed about it.
The simple fact is that California has a nursing shortage. We are 21,000 nurses short, which places us 49th out of 50 states. Over at Monster.com I found 405 openings for RNs in Los Angeles alone. On the radio yesterday they were talking about how the Phillipines is one of the greatest outsourcers of medical personnel in the world. So what I want to understand is how it happens that Americans are not interested or are unwilling to do nursing.
How does it happen that, especially as regards black Americans, the abundant opportunities in health care are not being exploited? Let me say it plainly, if you believe that black America has an unemployment problem, the answer is written in capital letters (and in blood). Get your black butt into medical school!