5thDimNurse

If you refute this information,please state EVIDENCE-BASED rebuttals.

Hopefully your internal biases won't bring you to court one of these days and loose your license...

Sadly, these disparities and research have been going on longer than the messenger's career. It would behoove you to remove your pride and political affiliations to get the best of your practice by researching the message at hand. We were all programed with prejudices, take accountability.

Something tells me you didn't research these healthcare disparities, rather, you are still stuck on the messenger and not the message...

As a black nurse, who has my own experience in this field with discrimination, I am disgusted this thread was created from outrage of the messenger than the message. This is not a partisan issue! All sides of the political spectrum should call attention and action to correct the failures of the healthcare system to black women and black newborns (the sad part is this is old news). It does not matter the socioeconomic and educational background of the black women (see Serena Williams experience and read the reports), healthcare, in general, does not believe black women when they are in distress. This calls for all healthcare professionals who are not female and not BLACK (yes, that means you, person of color who is not black and female; that means you, minority who is not black and female), to practice self reflection on your own biases and prejudices when caring for black women. You are not immune to these biases and prejudices. Your dismissal of these disparities perpetuates the failure within our healthcare system, making you a contributor to these factors. Please educate yourself, as this is shameful reflection of this nation. I have yet to give birth and I would like to someday. However, I cannot deny that I fear being pregnant in this nation as a black woman. Although, I have multiple higher education degrees, homeowner, living comfortably, a healthcare professional all my adult life both military and civilian...I still fear I will be perceived as a black woman first, than a human being first.