Pharoah Did it First
For Black women, these state-forced pregnancies can be deadly. Because of implicit bias in health care, Black women still receive prenatal care at lower rates and are still more likely to die during and after childbirth than every other race. The Dobbs decision ignores the possibility of harm. It ignores the impact of Black maternal mortality on the future of the Black community. It ignores the lack of access to adequate health care and the possibility that Black mothers who choose to opt out of dangerous hospital births risk losing their children to the foster care system. Like Pharoah, the Supreme Court’s decision willfully disregards the suffering of the least of these for the sake of preserving the power of the state, for the sake of preserving white Christian nationalism.
I Saw Jude
“I had a dream and I think I saw Jude.”
Then I read what he had to say. I think I see Jude. I think I’ve heard him speak. I think I’ve seen the ones he was speaking of and I think I know the ones in his audience.
The wind blew… and I saw Jude.