With ‘Die-In,’ UCSF Medical Students Urge Doctors to Fight Racism

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UCSF medical students Adali Martinez and Frederick Jamison at a 'die-in' demonstration that called attention to the effect of racism on health care. Photo by Jeremy Raff/KQED

By Jeremy Raff, KQED News Fix

The din of excited chatter grew as the crush of UC San Francisco medical students put on their white coats and distributed picket signs saying “black lives matter” Wednesday, instructing one another to tag their tweets and Instagram photos #WhiteCoats4BlackLives.

But at 10 minutes past noon, when the group lay down in unison in front of the medical school’s library on Parnassus Avenue, it was eerily silent. Many students closed their eyes. Some held hands. Passers-by stopped to watch, and police officers lingered in the background.

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