I almost died from preeclampsia. I wasn’t tested because I’m black.

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Originally I was going to publish this story with the Huffington Post. They wouldn’t run it because it wasn’t inspiration porn, it didn’t have a happy ending, just recommendations for other black women on how to stay alive. It was too scary for a white woman editor to take that on. I feel the alternative is scarier, so I’m publishing here so others can learn from my…