The reason Black women were used to develop the field of gynecology was because they were no more than property. They weren’t seen as people; they were just seen as things. The controlling of Black women’s bodies started with chattel slavery, but it continues today.
Pumped for an infant, spilled at the dinner table, used as a tear gas antidote
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Not a drop remaining The cry for rain call for cattle. empty no longer wanting Let the bowl dry the sun.
Donna Lowery
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