February 2024 #RadDeathReads #RDR
African American women are more than twice as likely to experience pregnancy-related fatalities than that of American white women. Research shows that African American women are not believed by medical professionals resulting in misdiagnoses, errors during/postpartum, and inattentiveness. In addition, the prevailing Eurocentric ideology that dominates the medical profession assesses pain differently for African American women. Believing that Black women have a high tolerance for pain combined with a lack of believability creates perinatal and maternal loss. In other words, being Black and pregnant is a life-threatening condition. The root of this disparity is racism. Sign up and join us for a month-long discussion that seeks to bring awareness by going to the root of this health crisis.
FEB 4 - Black Maternal Health Crisis
FEB 11 - Motherhood Denied, Motherhood Negotiated
FEB 18 - Stereotypes and Sterilizations
FEB 25 - Guest speaker: Krystal Reese, owner of Wild Birth Partum Center
#RadDeathReads #RDR meets virtually through Zoom at 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST / 5 PM GMT every Sunday for ~2 hours each day to discuss the selected material(s), host guest speakers, exchange ideas, and share related information in a private online space.
SESSIONS WILL NOT BE RECORDED! As Rad Death Reads is a discussion group, we don’t record the Zoom sessions out of respect for the participants and desire to facilitate an intimate and safe place for deep discussions.
Closed captioning will be available for all sessions. Please email info@radicaldeathstudies.com if additional accommodations are required.
**This book club is solely put together by CRDS members’ volunteer work without any sponsorship or reimbursement. The small fee is to cover our administrative costs and the huge amount of time and resources that go into this project. Please note, we are therefore unable to refund you if you are unable to attend or miss a meeting. Please consider supporting us in making a donation to CRDS so we can offer more projects like this in the future.