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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Before immigrating to the U.S. in hopes of a better life, Oksana Marafioti recalls the racism she faced in the Soviet Union for being a Roma in this excerpt from her book “American Gypsy.”