Introducing Issue 004 of Seen! Featuring Martine Syms on her new film THE AFRICAN DESPERATE, profiled by Yume Murphy.

Introducing Issue 004 of Seen! Featuring Martine Syms on her new film THE AFRICAN DESPERATE, profiled by Yume Murphy.

For decades, natural hair, as well as hairstyles associated with “blackness” like cornrows, has been criticized. Last month, two black girls in Malden, Mass., were disciplined under a school policy barring students from wearing hair extensions. Black parents and children talk about the discrimination they have faced for wearing their hair natural, without extensions, wigs or straightening chemicals.

Torie is a substance recovering pregnant mother prepping to give birth in a state criminalizing substance use during pregnancy. If passed, Wisconsin's Cocaine Mom law's proposed amendment would speed up the process removing children from mothers using substances. Patti is a recovery coach advocating for and assisting families whose children are inducted into the welfare system due to substance use in the home. It's a process she is familiar with after being separated from her family as a child. Patti fights against the amendment as Torie strives to give birth without the use of narcotics and looming fear of relapse.

Santa Rita jail is facing a lawsuit due to the treatment and conditions incarcerated pregnant folks received while in custody. Dominique shares her experience and how she believes those conditions caused one of her twin babies to be born with developmental issues.

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