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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Why Don't More Black Mothers Breast-Feed?

By: Jamila Bey

The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., could have taken a note from James Brown. When it comes to doing what's best for baby, Mama don't take no mess!

In January a Rockville, Md., woman was nursing her baby on a bench when a Hirshhorn security guard instructed her to move into the restroom. When the woman saw no chairs in the bathroom, she found a more private bench and resumed feeding her child. The first guard and another guard came back and demanded that she not breast-feed on a bench; she should sit on a toilet instead. CONTINUE....

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