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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 months ago

Black Babies Are Still Dying—And America Let It Happen

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Black Babies Are Still Dying—And America Let It Happen

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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 months ago
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BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — By the 2010s, the rate had declined to 1,073 per 100,000 for Black infants and 499 per 100,000 for white infants, yet the disparity grew to a mortality ratio of 2.15.
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      Classic symptom of an impoverished community. Could be caused by systemic racism or historical events.

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          I’m sure there are. But usually when things are present in groups of a specific race, it’s related to some form of racism.

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              Yes, that is a racist as fuck view.

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      You’re right, we should blame black people for choosing to be poor.

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