This is absolutely shocking - racial stereotyping and not listening to women putting them and their babies at significant risk
"I was repeatedly ignored" - report finds maternity racism www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-61497923
I heard a couple of the women interviewed talking on the radio just now.
Feminism: chat
Inquiry finds widespread racism in maternity care
Clymene · 23/05/2022 07:12
LaBellina · 23/05/2022 09:16
Sadly this isn’t anything new, it has been known for years that Black people are facing racism even from medical professionals.
Black women get the double whammy of having to deal with racism and misogyny combined, misogynoir causes them to face much more risk of getting the wrong treatment with often devastating consequences.
Clymene · 23/05/2022 08:54
Black women are more than four times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than white women in the UK, while women from Asian backgrounds face almost twice the risk.
That's a disgraceful statistic. Shameful.
MadameCholetsDirtySecret · 23/05/2022 10:04
Whilst there are many midwives and gynae consultants who are excellent, it has to be considered that it is a profession that will appeal to misogynists and racists. Dealing with women at their most vulnerable will be too tempting to avoid.
My one and only labour was horrific.
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