And so far as what are the implications when you don't have black representation at policy and decision making tables and in the corridors of power, it impacts the questions that are called. The reason why the entire country knows about the black maternal morbidity crisis is because of the Congressional Black Caucus. The reason why there is a national movement that has been carried by activists and states and taken all the way to the federal level for reparations is because of the Congressional Black Caucus. (25:59–26:07)
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Asserts that awareness of the black maternal morbidity crisis is due to the Congressional Black Caucus.
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