Birthing, Blackness, and the Body: Black Midwives and Experiential Continuities of Institutional Racism

by Keisha La'Nesha Goode Graduate Center, City University of New York

In honor of #BlackMaternalHealthWeek18 I wanted to share a published dissertation I found on Midwife Shafia Monroes website that I've been reading and studying non stop for a few days now. I truly appreciate Keisha's research and attention to this subject. Very rarely do we detour the conversation on Black Maternal Health away from "call your senators!" and "Townhalls" and put our energy and finances into realistic solutions we have access to at this moment. Black Midwives are underutilized  and Keisha explains how and why in 215 pages.