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Lisa Marasco IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 1 May 1998 17:57:16 +0100
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> Has anyone, besides me,
>ever noticed that the infant care and breastfeeding slides from Childbirth
>Graphics  all look like blond, fair skinned babies and moms.  There are a few
>racially diverse drawings but the photos are mostly white kids.  What makes my
>classes laugh is the slide showing Lanugo.  Right, you can barely see it
>because the kid is blond.

Yup-- I use the infant care slides and I've been dinged in class
evaluations for lack of racial diversity.  I really, *really* wish they
would rectify this, as choices in materials are limited.

Lisa Marasco, BA, IBCLC

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