Why Are Birth Outcomes Not Reducible To Class Alone?

1. How are pregnancy outcomes affected by racism and chronic stress? Why are racial differences in birth outcomes not reducible to class alone?
Racism can lead chronic stress and chronic stress can cause pre team birth. According to the video, chronic stress overtime can cause wear and tear on the body which can affect the organs and lead to early labor. Chronic stress can create excessive stress hormones which can trigger premature labor and constrict blood flood to the placenta which can also cause pre term birth. Chronic stress can also cause inflammation inside the uterus which can lead to premature labor.
Racial differences in birth outcomes are not reducible to class alone because educated African Americans women with good paying jobs still experience low birth outcomes and it is due to the stress they have experience over the course of their life time due to discrimination and racism. In the video we met Kim, an African American lawyer in good health and living conformably, however; she gives birth 2.5 month early. Social class alone does not cause low birth outcomes. The video states that African American women who
Dr. Collins and Dr. David conducted a study. They studied the birth rates among White women, African immigrants, and African American women. The study shows that African immigrants and White women has a similar pregnancy outcome. Premature birth rates only increase among African immigrants after one generation. This indicates that genetics is not the cause of premature birth among African Americans. The environment and health policies is a factor. It is Significant to recognized that African Americans mothers of all education levels have more low birth-weight babies than white American and African immigrant women because it shows that it doesn’t matter how much money you make or how educated you are. Once you experience constant stress, racism or discrimination throughout your lifetime, you are predisposed to having a premature