In rich ethnographic detail, Davis links this ongoing birth precarity to slavery’s legacy of dehumanization and medical racism, particularly for Black women. In Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth, Dána-Ain Davis brings trenchant gravity to the high rates of premature birth among Black women in the US, regardless of socioeconomic and educational status. Irving, a PhD epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and former officer with the United States Health Service and Dixon Johnson, daughter-in-law of television’s Judge Glenda Hatchett, both died of complications related to childbirth, despite repeatedly describing the severity of their complaints to physicians and requesting appropriate care. Irving and Dixon Johnson were not so fortunate.
Adamant demands prevailed upon medical personnel prevented almost certain death for Williams and Beyoncé. Over the last few years, a number of high-profile Black women, such as Serena Williams, Beyoncé, Shalon Irving, and Kira Dixon Johnson have brought increased attention to the ways in which race and birth precarity intersect to reproduce a consistent narrative of medical neglect.
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