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Jan 10, 2018 31 min

This Racism Is Killing Me Inside

from Code Switch

On this weeks episode we hear the story of Shalon Irving, who passed away after giving birth to her daughter. Black women in the United States are 243 percent more likely than white women to die of pregnancy- or childbirth-related causes. There's evidence that shows this gap is caused by the "weathering" effects of racism. NPR Privacy Policy

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