I thought today might be a good day to compile a number of posts I've done which address issues of race and ethnicity and breastfeeding.
- First, I have a new post up at Best for Babes today entitled "Is there a 'soft bigotry of low expectations' when it comes to breastfeeding?" (link soon) which explores whether African American mothers receive lower quality care because providers expect them not to breastfeed.
- Here's a popular podcast on African American moms and breastfeeding was an interview I did with Kathi Barber, founder of the African American Breastfeeding Alliance
- Here are two posts I did on "Las Dos," the pattern of supplementation among Latina moms, and the campaign I worked on to reduce that practice: "My husband, the breastfeeding slogan genius," and "Las Dos."
- Here's a plea I wrote for more diversity among lactation consultants.
- And here's an older post on race and other demographic factors and breastfeeding initiation data, called "Who breastfeeds?" and a more recent one describing an unwelcome result from the data, "Big gaps persist."
- While you offered a lot of different explanations for it, I suggested that race and ethnicity could answer the question: "Why do western moms breastfeed more?"
- Here's a recent post on breastfeeding and ethnicity for Best for Babes, specifically cultural practices related to breastfeeding and how hospitals respond.
- A post reporting on a segment on African American moms and breastfeeding on the NPR program "Tell Me More."
- Finally, here's a post about my book Spanish for Breastfeeding Support and a podcast of the audio portion of the first chapter.
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