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To be focusing on those social determinants of health. so when you talk about the kind of complexity, everything from our behaviors to our interactions with our doctors, to our social and, literally, our environment, with the air that we breathe, the water we drink, and i think, tanya, for me, the most appalling of the health disparities is the infant mortality one. but even for middle class african-american women, with health insurance, the likelihood of our children dying before the age of 1 is 1.5 to 2 times that of white infants. why in the world such a disparity on infant mortality? well, it s so interesting. you know, we just talked about all of those social determinants of health, but i think when you re talking about black women, the certain socioeconomic standard, that s the black woman who is working at a job as an executive, going into the office every day, sometimes afraid to take time off, to take care of her health, because, you know, she s in a stressful situation, a ....
Both about health and reality tv. and tanya, you had such an interesting response in the commercial, as we were talking about dr. sherpington s experience of saying, you should have told me you were a doctor, because all i saw you as was a black woman, and that s why you haven t gotten care. that s why when doctors or health care providers or banks see us on the real housewives or whatever reality show smacking us each other around, they think that s who we are and they treat us in a certain way. so it s really critical that the media portray us as who we really are, because it has a real, real serious impact on our health and well-being. i mean, it may have a real serious impact on the george zimmerman trial, right? both mothers testified, both trayvon martin s mother and grrm gr george zimmerman s mother testified that it was their child that they heard screaming on that tape. and part of this is going to ....
0 essence magazine, the premiere magazine for african-american women has been hosting this festival in new orleans for almost 20 years. and it regularly attracts hundreds of thousands of people. this weekend is a celebration of african-american music, beyonce, hey, girl, and culture. we have an incredible amount to get to this morning. but first, we want to bring you the latest on the important international news, still developing out of egypt. for that, let me bring in from cairo, nbc s ian mohedan. what s happening there? reporter: the situation remains tense across the country, especially here in cairo, where officials say the death toll between those who supported morsi and those who oppose him have now reached 30. there was intense fighting not only in cairo, but in the city of alexander as well. and in between these two rival camps now is building tension. now, at the core of this debate, to bring it back to this incredible festival in new orleans. it is a celebration of blac ....