Commentary
I’m Scared of Success
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Have you ever tried running a track meet where the gun goes off last for you?
Teen Voices
Lack of Parental Support Compounds Depression in Some Girls of Color
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Many teens of color internalize racism as trauma, which can turn into depression. And with parents who expect them to “get over it,” they are less likely to receive care.
Abortion
Here’s Why that Race-Sex Abortion Ban Bill is So Discriminatory
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American anti-abortion advocates invented race-selective abortion bans and they are based on the absurd idea that minority women are racially discriminating against their own fetuses.
Commentary
No Plan B: For Colored Girls Who Pursue Holistic Reproductive Care When the Emergency Room is Not Enough
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When a black woman walks into a medical institution, her trauma shows up at the door with her. Beyond childbirth, sexual trauma greatly impacts the lives of black women who desire any kind of reproductive health care.
Arts & Culture
Rights Pioneer Dorothy Ferebee’s Story Mostly Forgotten
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The civil rights leader, an obstetrician, brought health care to poor sharecroppers during the Depression and battled racism and gender bias, says Diane Kiesel in the biography “She Can Bring Us Home.” Unfortunately, Ferebee’s life story died with her.
Education
Pushed Out of School, Black Girls Lose Huge Ground
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Once black girls wind up in juvenile justice schools it’s hard to find the path to financial stability. Research has found that black girls are more likely to be punished for being “un-ladylike” and seen by teachers as “loud, defiant, and precocious.” The first in the series the Bias Price.
Health
Shock Over Black Woman in Yoga Class Stirs Outrage
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Expressed in an essay published in XO Jane this week, the article has angered many women of color and those who practice yoga, who call the story racist, discriminatory against larger women and further fueling the lack of diversity in yoga.
Black Maternal Health
‘Baby-Friendly’ Hospitals Bypass Black Communities
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Very few of the maternity wards that have won a seal of approval for providing breastfeeding support are located in communities with a significant population of African Americans, a Women’s eNews analysis finds.
African American
Trayvon Martin’s Killing Wasn’t Isolated Incident
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The experience of other groups who are consistently victims of abuse–such as women and the gay community–can help clarify why many African Americans are upset over this slaying. And why we need to address systemic racism.
Racism
‘States’ Rights’ Is Also Code for Keeping Women Down
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The term has served as a legal code for racism. Today, historian Doris Weatherford writes that state lawmakers have also long imposed legal restrictions on U.S. women. Now it’s the framework for the shrinkage of access to reproductive health care and medical privacy.