Institute for the Study of Societal Issues

A new book by Berkeley Center for Social Medicine faculty affiliate Khiara Bridges explores the persistence of racism in reproductive healthcare in the US—and why even affluent Black women are imperiled by substandard care. Expecting Inequity (MIT Press) reveals that not only are black people three to four times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause, but racial disparities in maternal mortality persist across income levels. Bridges, whose previous work exposed how...