Episode 16: Unlearning Everyday Racism - Black Maternal Mortality: Interview with Cachet Prescott
Finding Your Village
English - June 28, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBParenting Kids & Family Education How To parenting advice your village its takes a village parenting tips new parents pregnancy mompodcast parenting podcast parent mental health postpartum Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today we are discussing the alarmingly high rate of black women who die from childbirth in the United States today. We are going to be diving into the concept of unlearning. I am honored to have Cachet Prescott on as my guest today. She is the host of the All Things (Un)learned podcast. Cachet explains what unlearning is and then we are going to discuss how everyday racism ties into the disparity of the rate in which black mothers are dying in childbirth, particularly compared to white mothers.
The goal in the episode today is to understand how we can unlearn everyday racism, specifically when it comes to prenatal and postnatal care in the U.S. so that no more preventable childbirth related deaths ever happen again.
“Black women are three to four times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women” National Partnership for Women and Families
“African-American, Native American and Alaska Native women die of pregnancy-related causes at a rate about three times higher than those of white women, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Tuesday (May 7, 2019).” NY Times
“Black women’s heightened risk of pregnancy-related death spans income and education levels” National Partnership for Women and Families
Today, we discuss:
What is unlearning?Limiting beliefsWhat does everyday racism mean? What does it look like? Implicit bias and confirmation biasMicroaggressionsCachet shares with us part of the birth story for two of her daughtersBe your own health advocateCheck out: Aviva Romm’s podcast and websiteInformed Refusal FormSteps forward:Acknowledge that this is happening.Take steps to challenge your own biases and unlearn everyday racismOnus is on healthcare system: educating on implicit biasTeach your children about race: Cachet has created a free course on this exact topic! Please take this wonderful, educational course: How to Teach Your Kids About RaceIf you are a pregnant mom, please hire a doula!https://www.blackdoulas.org/https://doulamatch.net/How to get in touch with Cachet:
Listen to the All Things (Un)learned podcastInstagram: @allthingsunlearned and @cachetprescottFacebook: @allthingsunlearned and The Community GroupWebsite: http://cachetprescVisit www.keepsakecastle.com today!