Race and Racism Dissertation Example

Name Professor’s Name Course Date Dear Editor, Re: Race and Racism in Infant/Maternal Mortality I am writing to express my concern over the title of the article, ‘Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis,’ carried on your magazine on the 11th of April 2018. The article written by Linda Villarosa dispels the idea that the cause of racial disparity in infant/maternal mortality rates has to do with genetics. However, the title assigned to the article is misleading, since it portrays the blackness of the victims as an issue, yet the major concern is bias. It is evidence of how the mainstream media is getting it wrong with the language used in discussing this issue (Crear-Perry 1). On a positive note, the article and many of its kind are influencing the ongoing debate on racial disparity in infant/maternal mortality. Racism and not race is the issue that gets wide coverage in the article with evidence to back the author’s position. Phrases such a...