Trying To Avoid Racist Health Care, Black Women Seek Out Black Obstetricians
Black women are three times more likely to die in childbirth than white women. Some of them look to Black doctors for a sense of safety and connection, while medical schools add anti-racism training.
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As we all know, Black women in the United States receive some of the poorest medical care compared to other races and constantly get gaslit, patronized, and ignored. As someone who has worked in healthcare and seen the disrespect first hand (also experienced it myself) please go to the hospitals with your mothers, aunts, sisters, and advocate for them if they're not able to do so for themselves. Especially if they don't speak great English.
