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Elana Jefferson-Tatum PhD
Elana Jefferson-Tatum PhD

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My Birth Story: A Black Woman Hypnobirthing At Home

My precious Imani Ife made her fashionable debut on Friday, May 6, 2022 just in time for Mother’s Day. But, her birth story does not start the night before or even the day she was born. It starts the weeks and days before that. We had had several false alarms…

Pregnancy

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My Birth Story: A Black Woman Hypnobirthing At Home
My Birth Story: A Black Woman Hypnobirthing At Home
Pregnancy

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Dec 17, 2022

“Karen, Don’t Touch My Hair!”: Racism, White Comfort, and My Black Anger

“Karen, don’t touch my hair!” is what I wanted to have said. On this occasion (since there had been innumerable times before it), I was picking up my two boys from the Raleigh Homeschoolers’ studio. They had just finished their ballet and lyrical dance classes with an amazing young Black…

Racism

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“Karen, Don’t Touch My Hair!”: Racism, White Comfort, and My Black Anger
“Karen, Don’t Touch My Hair!”: Racism, White Comfort, and My Black Anger
Racism

5 min read

Elana Jefferson-Tatum PhD

Elana Jefferson-Tatum PhD

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A post-academic Africana religionist, Black homeschooling parent, and doula/hypnobirthing coach

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