👓 I Was Pregnant and in Crisis. All the Doctors and Nurses Saw Was an Incompetent Black Woman | Time

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