Name: How racism harms pregnant women -- and what can help
Uploaded: 2017-02-13T16:05:56Z
Duration: 12 min 16 s
Description: Racism is making people sick -- especially black women and babies, says Miriam Zoila Pérez. The doula turned journalist explores the relationship between race, class and illness and tells us about a radically compassionate prenatal care program that can buffer pregnant women from the stress that people of color face every day.

Racism is making people sick -- especially black women and babies, says Miriam Zoila Pérez. The doula turned journalist explores the relationship between race, class and illness and tells us about a radically compassionate prenatal care program that can buffer pregnant women from the stress that people of color face every day.

Miriam Zoila Pérez: How racism harms pregnant women -- and what can help

How racism harms pregnant women -- and what can help

Commonsense Childbirth

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race

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medicine

women

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illness

society

family

medical research

pregnancy

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