‘Black Moms Don’t Get the Same Care’ – Serena Williams Reveals Real Reason Behind Narrating Her Pain-Staking Pregnancy Journey

Serena Williams married the Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in 2017 and welcomed their daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. a few months after the marriage. Williams had an intense birth story and felt that she had to share hers with her followers. The American tennis legend had many complications after the delivery of Olympia and struggled with post-natal problems. Relating to that story, Williams talks about a problem that persists in the American healthcare system.

Serena Williams on problems with the treatment of black moms

In a recent interview on CBS with Norah O’Donnell, Williams talked about the issues faced by moms who are persons of color. The ‘Queen of the Court’ discussed how black moms receive differential treatment when it comes to medical care. Citing her own experience, she said that after she shared her birth story, the discussion of the narrative increased.

Williams said that it was important for her to share her story as authentically as she can. It was important to discuss the issue since students in medical schools were being taught something that wasn’t true.

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She said, “Everyone has a birth story, right? But my story was my story. Then so many people started to talk about how, unfortunately, black moms don’t get the same care. So I think it’s important for me to just authentically telling my story.”

Williams details problematic condition of medical schools

In the same segment, Williams further detailed a horrifying truth about the healthcare system. She elaborated on how there are, or hopefully were, colleges which taught their students that mothers who are persons of color don’t need as much care as other moms.

“I learned that there’s colleges, or I don’t know if there still are, I really hope not, that was telling some of their future doctors that this is how Latina moms work this is how black moms work this is how white moms are like. The black moms don’t need a lot of care. The Latino moms they don’t need a lot of care, and that was really shocking.”

She further said that the reason her story was being shared due to such problems existing in the US. “I thought that, that’s what, that’s why this is happening because the teachers that are teaching this are telling their students that you know, black women don’t need care as much as other moms and that they can handle a lot more pain.” 

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Serena Williams had a learning curve during her pregnancy and subsequent delivery. Having experienced problems herself, she continues her fight to improve the situation for persons of color and women.