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The New York Times gathered infant mortality data for California and documented the intense effects that racism has on outcomes

Babies of the wealthiest Black mothers were more likely to die in their first year than babies of the poorest white mothers

The whole piece is here; this is a “friend” link so you can read it even if you’re not a subscriber: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/12/upshot/child-maternal-mortality-rich-poor.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUyYiZ_tU1Gw5CRWySB4B99Vre37-WmvshnmT-KzTSQjZDy-hQBoGc9l3LbK4mYtwpwz2fRcNQdaUuT_w31uhYJQptVwys6NOiqagyHh8U-8i1T39kmNXMW6w16zbhcminJaBxneHm4EOLO33qD6ffzXFxcAt68pNhdUWq0SRelv2SG-9z2tJuzLx2UMABMDQHZiaBuPfrCwwve4nVK0GBtXRlHr1RSjrRntSD6rkfcA40CV7OSHJ34G9U-8oLcZpMf_65d0h8DZK41bYBCWVoLpOrBIkxQOXXk7ZtuL3PqX-c2a5Vh8QB9baqTnwJncGty80&referringSource=articleShare