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What's behind the high black infant mortality rates? Racism, not race
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Residents say the neighborhood of Castlemont in Oakland has been historically underserved and under-resourced. It's part of the Best Babies Zone initiative, part of a national initiative which aim to change that. Priska Neely/KPCC
KPCC
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Black babies in the the United States are twice as likely to die before their first birthdays as white babies. This alarming statistic is not new. That gap in birth outcomes has persisted for decades. As KPCC’s Priska Neely reports, one of the reasons it’s hard to change: systemic racism is at the heart of the issue.
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[This story was originally published by KPCC.]