Skimmed
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- Publisher Stanford University Press
- Year published 2021
- ISBN: ISBN 978-1503628960
- Number of pages 272 pages
- WorldCat
- Topic(s) Infant Feeding
About the Book
Book descriptionOver half a century later, baby formula is a seventy-billion-dollar industry and Black mothers have the lowest breastfeeding rates in the country. Since slavery, legal, political, and societal factors have routinely denied Black women the ability to choose how to feed their babies. In Skimmed, Andrea Freeman tells the riveting story of the Fultz quadruplets while uncovering how feeding America's youngest citizens is awash in social, legal, and cultural inequalities. This book highlights the making of a modern public health crisis, the four extraordinary girls whose stories encapsulate a nationwide injustice, and how we can fight for a healthier future.
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