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breast-feeding

Condescending Baby-Feeding Advice

February 17, 2011 by N. Jeanne Burns 2 Comments

I read this article about negative breast-feeding myths among African Americans in The Root and sat upright when I saw this bit of social class cluelessness: “…myths persist because of a lack of education among African Americans.” The myths about the dangers of breast feeding described in Jamila Bey’s article exist because two generations ago […]

Filed Under: Class in the Media, Classism in Everyday Life, Race and Class Tagged With: blaming the victim, breast-feeding, corporations, kids, trendy child-rearing

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