Cultural Life

Improved birthing practices can be seen in the up rise of black doulas. In the midst of birthing crisis doulas have become visible agents of birthing justice. They have not only contributed to positively influencing the perinatal experience but also improved the health of mother and baby. Serving as a bodyguard, allowing the patient to use them as a tool of crisis mitigation. With the use of solidarity black women doulas expose and remedies obstetric violence. (Nash, C. 2002: 5) In many ways black women doulas not only assist in the success of in the black women’s birthing experience but they help bring the black women’s suffering to the forefront of political discussions.