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Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by Tedpgrass: 8:33am On Nov 25, 2020
Hmmm

Its a long story...
Many factors aside the institutional unconscious bias leads to these figures,


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Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by flashlink(m): 8:58am On Nov 25, 2020
That's a big lie!
This is part of the racist mind programming.

The white racist scientist and media will keep on telling you that you're not good or you're unhealthy until you believe it.

This headline is a lie.
Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by Lovelyn451(f): 9:13am On Nov 25, 2020
abeg shuru...she'll still act ethnocentric towards other tribes if she was in Nigeria
Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by Ghostmode2two(m): 9:42am On Nov 25, 2020
Let Africa fix it's health system to the developed countries' standard
Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by SirVintageCock: 10:21am On Nov 25, 2020
uuzba:
So our mothers that didn't die, what should happen now?
Which of your mothers that didn't die during childbirth? The ones that died nko. Are you living in a bubble or something.huh The neighbors, friends, sisters, mothers, aunts, cousins and nieces that died during childbirth, what about themhuh
Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by AreaFada2: 10:46am On Nov 25, 2020
hellomosquito:
Really...................
And the black nation Nigeria is one of largest most populous country in the world.
Who created all these rubbish to make the black nation a second class citizen.

So God created the kidney of a black woman separately hun. why must everything black carry bad thing from una science etc.

wait o: does it mean the whites dont die during birth, because youtube video plenty about them dying o
And how did they get accurate data here in Nigeria cuz we no get data, even when we know data is life.....
i smell usual manipulation to make us look bad and useless......our eye don dey open ooo, carry una rubbish comot

Please should we tell them about black thunder that is doing press up waiting for whom to devour
Dude, these are got from research data. You need to remember that blacks are likely to be less privileged whether local born or immigrants to UK.
Quality of life is very much linked economic status. Also remember that Europeans have had thousands of years to adapt to their environment. While most blacks or their ancestors arrived here under 100 years ago.

Then of course the unconscious bias in a European environment where racism in diluted and coded form still reigns. It affects every aspect of life. Sure not as overt as it was 50 years ago.

I do not know your age but as a kid I still remember how many women died in childbirth and a whole lots of kids died under age of 5. It was still common just 25 years ago in 9ja. So our 200m population could have been 300m by now if not for high maternal and child mortality in the past.
I know of some old men growing up who said they lost 10 to 15 kids in total. Terrible things in the past. Terrible. No antibiotics. Meningitis easily kids several kids in one house. Otter infectious diseases.
Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by Playermayweda(m): 10:53am On Nov 25, 2020
If Black in developed countries is 5, In this country is 8, But even tho we get one of the highest birth rates in the world,This country is indeed blessed
Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by Erojepromise(f): 12:25pm On Nov 25, 2020
flashlink:
That's a big lie!
This is part of the racist mind programming.

The white racist scientist and media will keep on telling you that you're not good or you're unhealthy until you believe it.

This headline is a lie.
read the article the headline is just misleading, it is not really racist styled at projecting black race as inferior.
Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by Joygift3666: 12:39pm On Nov 25, 2020
Blacks are stronger than they think.
Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by Blackdisciple(m): 2:36pm On Nov 25, 2020
Says whohuh? Says Godhuh
Rubbish research ni
Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by hellomosquito(f): 2:39pm On Nov 25, 2020
AreaFada2:
Dude, these are got from research data. You need to remember that blacks are likely to be less privileged whether local born or immigrants to UK.
Quality of life is very much linked economic status. Also remember that Europeans have had thousands of years to adapt to their environment. While most blacks or their ancestors arrived here under 100 years ago.

Then of course the unconscious bias in a European environment where racism in diluted and coded form still reigns. It affects every aspect of life. Sure not as overt as it was 50 years ago.

I do not know your age but as a kid I still remember how many women died in childbirth and a whole lots of kids died under age of 5. It was still common just 25 years ago in 9ja. So our 200m population could have been 300m by now if not for high maternal and child mortality in the past.
I know of some old men growing up who said they lost 10 to 15 kids in total. Terrible things in the past. Terrible. No antibiotics. Meningitis easily kids several kids in one house. Otter infectious diseases.
All you said is very correct but this article discussed, black women's death at birth. All the scenarios you mentioned here did not say anything about numerous women dying at birth and as per age i am of the older generation, so i know what i am saying with authority from the 12 states of Nigeria i have ever lived. Do a local data research, How many of your friends lost their mom at birth, ask all your friends as well thesame question, you will get a first hand data. (the other conditions you mentioned, are very correct)
Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by ekevwe(m): 5:22pm On Nov 25, 2020
complexBoss12:
judgment by color will never stop. Nigerians will come here to criticize racism but your are Igbo, your neighbor is Hausa and you already judged him before getting to know him. same for the Hausa on the Igbo man. it's goes around, we have to accept it.
The thing is tiring
Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by uuzba(m): 6:25pm On Nov 25, 2020
SirVintageCock:
Which of your mothers that didn't die during childbirth? The ones that died nko. Are you living in a bubble or something.huh The neighbors, friends, sisters, mothers, aunts, cousins and nieces that died during childbirth, what about
themhuh
Nobody died in my family
Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by wildikeman(m): 6:51pm On Nov 25, 2020
Yet African countries population is exploding
Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by johnanO: 7:57pm On Nov 25, 2020
Ghostmode2two:
Let Africa fix it's health system to the developed countries' standard
I strongly disagree.

Africa should fix its health system to a standard which is acceptable to Africans. This implies that African healthcare could, in fact, be better than that in advanced developing countries.

P.S. We shouldn’t always take actions or reason in relation to advanced developing countries.

If you try to imitate them too closely, you will always be behind—by definition—and that is exactly where they want you to be.
Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by sharone21(f): 8:22pm On Nov 25, 2020
NOwazobia:
The whole wahala started with a woman, so you deserve your punishment. You should be happy some men are making ease this burden by placing you on a monthly salary, even as a mere girl friend: you don't have to worry about working.
How many men? The Nairaland SIMPs claiming to be Ubuntu Alpha men? Are you among the real men doing this for women?
Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by Ghostmode2two(m): 8:36pm On Nov 25, 2020
johnanO:
I strongly disagree.

Africa should fix its health system to a standard which is acceptable to Africans. This implies that African healthcare could, in fact, be better than that in advanced developing countries.

P.S. We shouldn’t always take actions or reason in relation to advanced developing countries.

If you try to imitate them too closely, you will always be behind—by definition—and that is exactly where they want you to be.
You made a good point so let us as Africans develop out health care systems to our own standards
Re: Black Women Five Times More Likely To Die During Childbirth by AdeMay: 6:37am On May 24, 2021
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