👓 Stress From Racism May Be Causing African-American Babies To Die More Often | NPR

Read How Racism May Cause Black Mothers To Suffer The Death Of Their Infants (NPR.org)
African-American women are more likely to lose a baby in the first year of life than women of any other race. Scientists think that stress from racism makes their bodies and babies more vulnerable.

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I'm a biomedical and electrical engineer with interests in information theory, complexity, evolution, genetics, signal processing, IndieWeb, theoretical mathematics, and big history. I'm also a talent manager-producer-publisher in the entertainment industry with expertise in representation, distribution, finance, production, content delivery, and new media.

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  1. Read I Was Pregnant and in Crisis. All the Doctors and Nurses Saw Was an Incompetent Black Woman by Tressie McMillan Cottom (Time)

    At every step of a fairly typical pregnancy for a black woman in the U.S., I was rendered an incompetent subject with exceptional needs.

    I just don’t have words.
    If you’re feeling depressed and angry though, I invite you to continue on with some stories I can’t help but collect: 

    The Daily: A Life-or-Death Crisis for black Mothers  

    Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth: Shalon Irving’s Story Explains Why 
    How Racism May Cause Black Mothers To Suffer The Death Of Their Infants

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