Celebrating Black Maternal Health Week #BMHW25

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Mom and three kids Greetings from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! Things have been busy. I am still a working mom of three, working full time who is trying to make a difference. I do a lot of things and try to be present so that I can learn from them. I share them on this blog so that we can learn together. Below are some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world. Black Maternal Health Week April 11-17, 2025 I am a Black mom to three wonderful children. I was blessed to have three successful births. While I am an attorney, my third delivery highlighted the potential risks that occur when a physician fails to listen to the birthing person. Initially, I chalked it up to the physician involved and limited it to my personal birthing experience. Then, I learned that I was not special. Overwhelmingly, Black women experience higher rates of birth trauma, birthing complications and negative birth outcomes.  These statistics are what lead to the creation of ...
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Bootlylicious, but sometimes offensive...

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Apparently Beyonce has offended people by telling Latina Magazine that she wishes that she had been born Latina. Given the uproar this has created, one would think that she said that she confessed to being a serial killer.

Because we're often occupying the lowest rung on the totem pole, Black folk are particularly sensitive when Black celebrities do anything that could be perceived as insulting Black people. Needless to say Beyonce's comment has pissed a lot of people off.

I think that people are getting worked up for no reason. I am a Beyonce fan. She is absolutely gorgeous, charming, and talented. However, while I believe that she is the consummate entertainer, she is no scholar.

Above all, Beyonce is a self-promoter. I opine that she intended that statement as a compliment to Latinos and simply didn't think that it might be perceived as a rejection of her own race. Moreoever, I am sure that her primary goal was to motivate more Latinos to buy her records.

I doubt very seriously that she intended to insult Black folk. What would be her motivation? Her boyfriend, Jay-Z is a hip hop artist and mogul in that industry for goodness sake.

Even if she occasionally wishes to be Latina, so what. Sometimes I wish that I had been born a man so that I'd know what it was like. However, at the end of the day, I am always happy and proud to be a woman. I'd bet my last dollar that Beyonce is damn happy that she is the one and only Beyonce Knowles. And if she isn't, she can send her money and Jay-Z my way! :-)


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ELH Esq said…
I LOVE your blog! It is refreshing, honest, insightful and encouraging. Thank you for sharing yourself with the rest of us, Soror.
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Chaton T. Turner said…
The support of my sorors inspire me and bolster my confidence. Thank you!
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