As a woman of color, I have to agree about already having "2 strikes" against you. However,my reason for choosing MD over DO besides the obvious fact that there aren't any DO schools in the area, is that I plan to work in academia. So as far as I'm concerned, I not only "have" to the MD route, I'd better attend a "top school" to boot!

OTOH, the reason I LOVE the DO route is because the people that tend to go DO seem so much more pleasant than the typical MD student.

The best decision is made after research. Anyone considering a DO school should do their homework about what being a DO offers that is different than an MD.
A DO school is definately not the best platform for academia although they do have academia at DO schools too.
Also, keep an open mind about what you think you might want to specialize in...thinking that you want to be an FP and then finding out during clinical years that you want to subspecialize in pediatric interventional cardiology and you are from a DO school...well, good luck then.
But on the other hand, any primary care field, I believe a DO school offers the best avenue because of the aspect of manipulation that is taught. Patients and other doctors love the fact that a lot of times you can make them feel so much better with such a hands on approach. The caveat and argument that is waged against manipulation is that the patient is not really "cured", he has to keep coming back again and again to be manipulated. But thus is the nature of many chronic processes. Again, the best advice I think is to observe and work with a DO if you are seriously considering DO school. If I were part of an admissions committee, I'd definately prefer to see potential students who know what is to be a DO.