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Kimberly Allers
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Racist School Boards. Insensitive Teachers. Black Moms Have Their Hands Full
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Lately, I’ve been very concerned about some disturbing new reports coming out of our nation’s school systems.
Black women are dying! Enough scaremongering, it’s time for solutions!
Lately, I’ve been extremely frustrated by all the news reporting about maternal mortality. Yes, it is a terribly frightening and frighteningly embarrassing issue. Women are dying during childbirth for preventable reasons, and African American women at even more shocking rates and something must be done. Like now.
Hatred After Health Care Reform. Racism Rears Its Head
I’m sorry, where exactly are all the people who vehemently declared after President Obama’s election that we were living in a post-racial America? Please stand up.
Seriously.
My Sister in the Struggle to Reduce Infant Mortality
There are sisters. And there are sisters. I consider Phyllis Rabinowitz to be my sister in the struggle to save infants who never make it to their first birthday–a cause I am passionately committed to. Phyllis joined the fight after enduring a mother’s worst nightmare.
Text 4 Baby! : New Service Delivers Info to Moms to Be
I’m all for getting information out to expecting moms by any means necessary–especially when it’s new ways to reach African American women with the information they need to have healthy pregnancies. That’s why I was really excited to hear about the new Text4Baby http://text4baby.org/ service.
Vanity Fair’s Cover Sends a Dangerous Message to Young Black Girls
I often find it stressful to see how the media stereotypes black women or how it sends subliminal yet painful messages to our children. I had this unsettling feeling recently when looking at the latest issue of Vanity Fair heralding the next generation of Hollywood starlets.
