The BBC tries to persuade us that black women are dying in childbirth due to racism. This is untrue

The reason that black women and those of south Asian heritage in Britain are more likely to die while giving birth almost certainly has nothing to do with racism. Alberg, Corinna; Kroese, Mark; Burton, Hillary (2014) Enhanced Genetic Services Project Evaluation Report, Cambridge: PHG Foundation. British Medical Journal (2019) Keeping it in the family: consanguineous marriage and genetic disorders, from Islamabad to Bradford, BMJ 2019; 365:l1851, 29, 4, 2019. Guardian (2021) Birmingham launches taskforce as babies die at twice national rate, The Guardian, 18, 4, 2021.