1. 24 Jul



    Breastfeeding in the US - why are black women less likely to do it?

    “Black women have, for the past 40 years, significantly lagged behind white women in our breastfeeding rates,” says Seals Allers. She wants to change the way people see breastfeeding. “I feel like a lot of women think that they’re choosing to breastfeed or formula-feed, but they’re actually responding to messages that we receive from marketing, and that we pass down culturally.” She applauds pop star Beyonce for breastfeeding her daughter in public recently.

    I interviewed black breastfeeding advocate Kimberly Seals Allers for The Guardian.