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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So ... are non-white women just assumed to be stupid and not know anything about their bodies or medical histories?  [/quote]

I'm the OP, and I think that yes, in general, there is a cultural assumption that people of color are less educated than white folks. I think there is also a cultural assumption that women overreact to things. I think for women of color, those two assumptions collide to create a situation where your concerns may be taken less seriously than a white woman's concerns would be. I do think that stats that demonstrate poorer outcomes for women of color nationally are strongly correlated with poverty, but I think it's hard to separate the two, given that this happened to Serena Williams, who is hardly poor.[/quote]

And yes, having followed Every Mother Counts and March For Moms right here in DC, statistics have shown that even taking into account education and access to resources, black women are facing much poorer outcomes than their white counter-parts when it comes to maternal morbidity and mortality. There are groups looking for answers as to why, but we don't have a good answer. The American College of Nurse Midwives has taken this on in particular, and DC midwives have been leading the rally cry around systemic racism and misogyny in health care and working to educate their own and others on how to improve. [/quote]

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