"I cannot believe that we might be on the cusp of having to lift up this person who is undeserving of a seat in Congress." (Hong is running for Governor, not Congress.)
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@ediotismos@ninamonei 10% of black people in my city live under extreme poverty (half of the poverty line threshold). 25% live below the federal poverty line, even though this is a city with higher costs of living than 80% of the country
@ediotismos@ninamonei In my country and city specifically it’s more common compared to most countries in the world for black women to die during or after child birth.
There is an epidemic of people posturing as thinkers and socio-cultural writers who do not read or introspect or even do a basic examination of their position in the world and videos like the original are the byproduct of that.
The reality. DC has one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the country, and Black women account for roughly 90% of pregnancy related deaths in DC. A city is not a great place to raise a family if it cannot keep mothers alive.