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The US medical system is still haunted by slavery
- Published_at:2017-12-07
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Vox
- tags: vox.com vox explain race medicine birth Harriet Washington Thomas Jefferson James Marion Sims WEB DuBois black women black history medical racism racism doctors Tuskegee Jim Crow sterilization Fannie Lou Hamer Margaret Sanger health health care medical system Anarcha slavery slaves experimentation institutional racism gynecology speculum Southern Poverty Law Center Mississippi appendectomy Norplant David Duke ProPublica racial disparities infant
- description: Black women's history matters in medicine. Read ProPublica's feature piece on how the US is the most dangerous industrialized country in which to give birth, and racial disparities in maternal mortality make it even worse for women of color: https://www.propublica.org/article/nothing-protects-black-women-from-dying-in-pregnancy-and-childbirth And they're seeking your help in understanding the problem. If you nearly died during pregnancy or know someone who died due to childbirth related causes, check out this page for more information: http://propub.li/2Ae5RMi Subscribe to the ProPublica newsletter: http://go.propublica.org/weekly Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o
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