> black women have a much higher risk of death during childbirth Found the NY Times reader. Fwiw, that article takes a somewhat flawed study [1] and decides t

> black women have a much higher risk of death during childbirth Found the NY Times reader. Fwiw, that article takes a somewhat flawed study [1] and decides the only possible explanation for wealthy(!!) black women dying in childbirth at a higher rate is systemic white racism. It then compares white vs black rates of infant mortality, also chalking that up to so-called ”white supremacist culture”, except the research study clearly shows both Asians and Hispanics having lower infant mortality rates than whites. To give the NYT the absolute smallest bit of credit, they do briefly admit to this way down the article. Differences in group outcomes always have to be racism/bias and can never be a result of any biological/cultural differences. Can’t discuss obesity rates, prevalence of hypertensive diseases, Vitamin D deficiency being heavily correlated with low birth weights [2] and black mothers being SIX TIMES more likely to be Vitamin D deficient at birth compared to white mothers [3] - you apparently aren’t even allowed to control for age! And thus the NY Times tells its unquestioning readers that Systemic White Supremacy is literally killing rich black women and also mysteriously elevating the Superior Asian Baby high above the rest. It’s nonsensical post-truth garbage that would be laughable if it weren’t being taken seriously and used as part of the rationalization superstructure used to justify increasingly ineffectual and, frankly, dangerous policies. [1] https://matthewgreen.substack.com/p/nyt-article-says-that-landmark-study https://matthewgreen.substack.com/p/nyt-article-says-that-la... [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4662754/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4662754/ [3] https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/137/2/447/4664564 https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/137/2/447/4664564