Came here to post this. This is one of the best broadcasts I've heard from Jason Black, since I started following him. Essential listening. Especially the testimonies from the callers.
Black Physician Who Said She Was Mistreated Dies of COVID-19
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Came here to post this. This is one of the best broadcasts I've heard from Jason Black, since I started following him. Essential listening. Especially the testimonies from the callers.
props to your friend and he is living proof that the only way to secure people agains this is to have more Black professionals otherwise everything is dependent on trusting the system. you can never force anyone to have empathy and they don't respect Black humanity.
Goals and initiatives for More Black people in medicine as a priority.
Ukbrotha
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This is criminally disgusting.
This is why Black people didnt get into opiates..
White doctors believe we are basically just wild jungle animals..
They believe we are either impervious to pain, or dont care..so they never prescribed opiate pain killers to Black patients believing we experience less pain than cacs
Keep going to them White nazi physicians at your own risk..they wish your Black ass drops dead when you walk in their office.
If white police dont value Black life, what makes you think white doctors value our lives..
It's called 'medical Racism'..
The Black Maternal Mortality Crisis Deserves Radical Solutions
WELLNESS
The Black Maternal Mortality Crisis Deserves Radical Solutions
KIMBERLY SEALS ALLERS
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 9:28 PM
PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES.
A national conversation about the United States’ indefensible Black maternal mortality problem is underway. The issue is critical — but it's also not new. In fact, it seems like every few years, something brings the vital topic back into the public consciousness, even though it’s been a problem for as long as records have been kept.
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Last year, a study put a horrifying number to the epidemic: Black people in America are over three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. More recently, the tragic deaths of Sha-Asia Washington and Amber Rose Isaac led to a spate of heart-wrenching news stories decrying the racist disparity.
Hopefully, these headlines about Black people dying during childbirth help generate awareness and empathy. But Black birthing bodies need — and deserve — radical solutions, not just sympathy.
In my first book, The Mocha Manual to Fabulous Pregnancy, a guidebook for Black women, I wrote: “Just being a Black woman places you at a higher risk of poor birth outcomes...and at the root of it are the stresses of racism and the biased treatment you may receive.”
I wrote that in 2006. It’s been 14 years, and I’m still saying the same thing. We’ve done enough talking. It’s time to confront the hard truths about the root causes of what’s killing pregnant Black people, and what it will really take to solve it.
Repeated analysis by the CDC and other agencies indicate that 60% or more of childbirth-related deaths are preventable. The reasons that Black women are inordinately affected are complex. But it’s already known that Black people are subject to medical racism and implicit biases that can contribute to issues like missed or delayed diagnoses. They’re also more likely to have preexisting conditions that can increase their risks during pregnancy, especially when coupled with a historic lack of access to high-quality care.
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There are actionable steps that can protect Black people and lower the maternal mortality rate. They are in the community and have been for years. By not focusing on them, we create a culture of fear that leaves Black people vulnerable to control and coercion by others, and that attempts to strip away the joy from their pregnancies and deliveries. I believe one key step is to increase access to and awareness of “de-medicalized childbirth” strategies.
De-medicalizing childbirth means no longer treating pregnancy as a medical problem that requires medical intervention. It’s not about reducing access to medical care for pregnant people; everyone should be able to receive the level and the quality of care they need and want. But my experience and research has led me to believe that it’s also important for more people, especially Black people and others in vulnerable communities, to know that they may have the option of giving birth outside of a hospital setting, under the care of midwives rather than (or in addition to) doctors.
White doctors believe we are basically just wild jungle animals..
They believe we are either impervious to pain, or dont care..so they never prescribed opiate pain killers to Black patients believing we experience less pain than cacs
Keep going to them White nazi physicians at your own risk..they wish your Black ass drops dead when you walk in their office.
If white police dont value Black life, what makes you think white doctors value our lives..
It's called 'medical Racism'..
The Black Maternal Mortality Crisis Deserves Radical Solutions
WELLNESS
The Black Maternal Mortality Crisis Deserves Radical Solutions
KIMBERLY SEALS ALLERS
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 9:28 PM
PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES.
A national conversation about the United States’ indefensible Black maternal mortality problem is underway. The issue is critical — but it's also not new. In fact, it seems like every few years, something brings the vital topic back into the public consciousness, even though it’s been a problem for as long as records have been kept.
ADVERTISEMENT
Last year, a study put a horrifying number to the epidemic: Black people in America are over three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. More recently, the tragic deaths of Sha-Asia Washington and Amber Rose Isaac led to a spate of heart-wrenching news stories decrying the racist disparity.
Hopefully, these headlines about Black people dying during childbirth help generate awareness and empathy. But Black birthing bodies need — and deserve — radical solutions, not just sympathy.
In my first book, The Mocha Manual to Fabulous Pregnancy, a guidebook for Black women, I wrote: “Just being a Black woman places you at a higher risk of poor birth outcomes...and at the root of it are the stresses of racism and the biased treatment you may receive.”
I wrote that in 2006. It’s been 14 years, and I’m still saying the same thing. We’ve done enough talking. It’s time to confront the hard truths about the root causes of what’s killing pregnant Black people, and what it will really take to solve it.
Repeated analysis by the CDC and other agencies indicate that 60% or more of childbirth-related deaths are preventable. The reasons that Black women are inordinately affected are complex. But it’s already known that Black people are subject to medical racism and implicit biases that can contribute to issues like missed or delayed diagnoses. They’re also more likely to have preexisting conditions that can increase their risks during pregnancy, especially when coupled with a historic lack of access to high-quality care.
ADVERTISEMENT
There are actionable steps that can protect Black people and lower the maternal mortality rate. They are in the community and have been for years. By not focusing on them, we create a culture of fear that leaves Black people vulnerable to control and coercion by others, and that attempts to strip away the joy from their pregnancies and deliveries. I believe one key step is to increase access to and awareness of “de-medicalized childbirth” strategies.
De-medicalizing childbirth means no longer treating pregnancy as a medical problem that requires medical intervention. It’s not about reducing access to medical care for pregnant people; everyone should be able to receive the level and the quality of care they need and want. But my experience and research has led me to believe that it’s also important for more people, especially Black people and others in vulnerable communities, to know that they may have the option of giving birth outside of a hospital setting, under the care of midwives rather than (or in addition to) doctors.
@ThrobbingHood I appreciate you and this thread, but you might’ve ruined my night. I hadn’t really heard much about this until now. It’s got me heated. It’s really bothering me, brehs.
Such a foul, demonic, and evil group of people. I’ll rejoice the day that they receive what’s coming to them.
Such a foul, demonic, and evil group of people. I’ll rejoice the day that they receive what’s coming to them.
Ironman
#Knickstape
Pull through manI became symptomatic at work 12/31 and brought in the new year being diagnosed with COVID-19. Went months dodging this shyt and I get it the last few weeks of December.
I hope I don't meet the same demise.
What disgusted me more was the white head of the hospital said she was intimidating to the staff nurses...
wtf is that bullshyt!!! Foh with that poor ass excuse. You allowed a fellow doctor to die on your watch it falls on your ass!!!
wtf is that bullshyt!!! Foh with that poor ass excuse. You allowed a fellow doctor to die on your watch it falls on your ass!!!Day 3 I'm doing fairly well the body aches have eased up. Seems like the more I'm up and moving the better I feel. Usually, I feel like crap being still too long or laying down. Besides body aches, I just can't taste food or smell anything. I got exposed at work when a patient came through and we didn't know he had COVID-19. I think I should be fine but you never know until you're over the hump.
MischievousMonkey
Gor bu dëgër
This is heartbreaking.
Negrophobia is a global culture.
Rest in peace to this woman.
Negrophobia is a global culture.
Rest in peace to this woman.
Very sad 