tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38694204.post1047856336493897590..comments2017-08-11T18:32:50.820-07:00Comments on white anti-racist parent: the global nature of racism - Part I: HealthcareTerezahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537776511607080977noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38694204.post-17156253323503622572007-05-16T22:24:00.000-07:002007-05-16T22:24:00.000-07:00Jennifer, thank you for taking the time to comment...Jennifer, thank you for taking the time to comment and share your story on this blog. Reading about your experience brought tears to my eyes and then anger at the injustice you had to go through. No one should have to experience what you did. <BR/><BR/>I heard Loretta Ross, one of the organizers of the <A HREF="http://www.ussf2007.org/" REL="nofollow">U.S. Social Forum</A>, interviewed on the radio the other day. She was discussing her organization, <A HREF="http://www.sistersong.net/" REL="nofollow">SisterSong</A>, "the only national coalition in the U.S. of women of color organizations and individuals working to ensure reproductive justice for communities of color." Have you heard of this organization? I am thrilled to have just recently come across them. <BR/><BR/>Here are some more details: <BR/><BR/>"Reproductive Justice, a new framework for activism originated by SisterSong based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, asserts that all women have the human right to: 1) Have a child; 2) Not have a child; and 3) Parent our children in healthy and safe environments. Our human rights are challenged by neoliberal policies that promote population control strategies that lead to reproductive oppression such as restricting immigration, denying access to contraceptives and abortion, limiting scientifically-accurate sex education information, promoting dangerous contraceptives, and denying access to birthing options such as midwives."<BR/><BR/>SisterSong will be giving a <A HREF="http://www.ussf2007.org/en/node/378" REL="nofollow">workshop</A> at the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta in June. I wish I could be there!Terezahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537776511607080977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38694204.post-24857173848501243602007-05-16T21:00:00.000-07:002007-05-16T21:00:00.000-07:00Congratulations on you blog. I wish you good luck ...Congratulations on you blog. I wish you good luck with it and I hope you receive a huge following. <BR/><BR/>As a black woman, I already know that I won't be visiting doctors or hospitals unless I have one foot in the grave. When I was pregnant with my daughters I hated getting prenatal check-ups because I was treated with such racism. It wasn't overt, glaring racism, but it was racism nonetheless. I hated being treated like I was stupid. I hated being asked if I wanted my tubes tied and I was only 26. I hated being treated like I was poor and I wasn't. I hated being chastised for having concerns about (unnecessary) medication I was prescribed. For those reasons and others I haven't mentioned, I won't have anymore children because I don't want to go through it again and that's a shame. But that's the state of American health care.Jennifer Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10867412816623025144noreply@blogger.com