A cultural problem present in birth
- kcottrell2012
- Aug 26, 2020
- 3 min read
Right, so I've just posted two other articles that predate what I'll talk about here, neither particularly football related. To be honest, football is just a part of my life. At most, I'll spend a few hours per day watching it, writing about it, and/or doing research. The rest of my time I try to stay the hell away from it and "live life" or whatever. Anyways, I don't want to make this super long, but I want to go into a bit of depth about an issue brought up by people in the medical field.
Simply put, it's the idea that black women are treated poorly in hospitals when the go there to give birth. The reason I used this title is at some point, it became a "badge of honor" to be seen as a victim. It essentially gives people an excuse not to be responsible. It's something like, "whoa is me, look how oppressed I am, it's all the white man's fault." That's in essence the philosophy of feminism and "liberal" politics in America. Blacks have been trained to just blame the rich white man and vote democrat, rather than taking control of their lives, and it's been a cycle of despair for far too long. Culture and religion play a part as well, of course. Likewise, I also see "woke" white people as complicit. I've heard pretty much the same dialogue from two white women in the past month, one a mama-to-be and the other a midwife. I get that as women they see things differently from how I see it as a man. I mean, they've given birth, and I haven't. As they same time, they aren't black, which I am, so it's somewhat pointless for people that aren't black women to waste their time when it's an issue involving black women.
I'll try putting it another way. There's a decent chance that when I get to the point of making babies with a woman, it'll be with a black woman. As the man in the relationship, I'll make sure my girlfriend/wife knows what she's getting into, if she doesn't already, as well as all the options. It's almost condescending the way (generally) white women, whose husbands and children are white, want to complain about "systemic racism" but never seem to have actual solutions. The obvious solution is to spread knowledge, instead of bitching about "the system". The information is out there, and knowledge is power. I mean shit, I've learned so much about birth in like 3 years and never stepped foot in med school. What's the excuse for thousands (if not millions) of women out there (of all races) that could access said information but choose not to? Bums have phones and internet, FFS. It becomes a choice. Either waste time watching thots twerking to trashy music on YouTube, tune into bullshit news or "reality TV", or find information relevant to real life. There's no excuse for a grown adult making adult decisions like making babies not to know easily accessible information. You don't have to give birth in a hospital, and can say no to "medical professionals", despite the arrogance and air of superiority that often comes with multiple degrees and high salaries. Ultimately, mindset is a massive part of life, and thus birth. If you're scared and uninformed, it's more likely things will go south. Of course, not every birth will go to plan, and I get that, but as a society we all need to train ourselves to properly use the power of the mind. That's another article, though.




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