Tori Bowie's death highlights a disturbing trend for Black expectant mothers: 'Injustice still exists.'
"I've been dismissed, often for age, for a lack of education or this perceived lack of education, even for just asking too many questions," Martin told CBS News."I've been dismissed just on such small things. There's already a lack of trust in that system." , said Ky Lindberg, the CEO of the Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia. There's a"history of mistrust," she said, but the"most important" thing doctors can do is listen.
"We'd like to think that we've moved beyond some of our dark past, right?" Lindberg said."But injustice still exists for marginalized populations, particularly Black and Brown people in this country. When I think about being a Black person, specifically a Black mother, the whole thing is centered around the belief that I am enough, that I am a person and I matter and my voice matters. I feel the pain you do. I want success for my children like you do.
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