"First Food" Justice: Racial Disparities in Infant Feeding as Food Oppression

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dc.contributor.authorFreeman, Andrea
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-08T20:24:21Z
dc.date.available2017-06-08T20:24:21Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractTabitha Walrond gave birth to Tyler Isaac Walrond on June 27, 1997, when Tabitha, a black woman from the Bronx, was nineteen years old.^1 Four months before the birth, Tabitha, who received New York public assistance, attempted to enroll Tyler in her health insurance plan (HIP), but encountered a mountain of bureaucratic red tape and errors.^2 After several trips to three different offices in the city, Tabitha still could not get a Medicaid card for Tyler.^3 Tabitha's city caseworker informed her that she would have to wait until after Tyler's social security card and birth certificate arrived to get the card.^4 No doctor would see him without the Medicaid card.^5
dc.format.extent36 pages
dc.identifier.citationFreeman, A. "First Food" Justice: Racial Disparities in Infant Feeding as Food Oppression. 83 Fordham L. Rev. 3053 2014-2015.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/46050
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherFordham Law Review
dc.relation.urihttp://fordhamlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/pdfs/Vol_83/No_6/Freeman_May.pdf
dc.subjectfood oppression
dc.subjectfood justice
dc.subjectfood policy
dc.subjectcritical race theory
dc.subjecthealth disparities
dc.subjecthealth policy
dc.subjectbreastfeeding
dc.title"First Food" Justice: Racial Disparities in Infant Feeding as Food Oppression
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