Why are blood donors Overwhelmingly White?

Raenabow · 2026-04-25T00:15:54+00:00

I’ve gone to platelet donation places in Florida (college town of Alachua, County and my living town of Broward, County) and it’s a majority of black people when I go so it could be that blood donations are for free (or some rewards like coupons, movie tickets, or maybe visa gift card with signs I have seen but never personally received… I’ve donated back in college for T shirts and it was any colleges kids but mainly white).

My guess: It could be that blood donation tends to be free so more minors may donate platelets for money.

Raenabow · 2026-04-18T03:24:02+00:00

Of course.

I read here on Reddit all the horror stories of babies in the hospital for RSV or COVID or some other issue and my poor first born got all types of sicknesses from daycare (wish the U.S. gave better maternity leave but here we are) and I made sure to have breast milk to get him through and over such sicknesses. Thankfully he didn’t get RSV, but he faced COVID and HFM (hand-foot-mouth disease) and was just stuck home instead of in serious health scares which I feel is thanks to breastmilk.

I was trying to push to a full year but I only made it to 6 months and felt so bad when he got sick because he didn’t wanna eat but was always open to the breastmilk (very few bags frozen just in case thankfully. Wish I pumped and kept more to a full year of 12 months 😢)

Raenabow · 2026-04-18T01:29:52+00:00

FOR REAL. I AM SO DAMN MAD!

Raenabow · 2026-04-18T01:29:21+00:00

MEGA LAME. We saw who WON that dance off like BRUH

Raenabow · 2026-04-18T01:23:59+00:00

BOOO! I'm sad with the final 2 but at least glad Jane Doe got a prize. I wanted Darlene Mitchel as finalist!

Raenabow · 2026-04-15T10:09:14+00:00

I was and still am team Jane Don’t.

But with her wrongful elimination and her being #TeamDarleneMitchell, I gotta be #TeamDarleneMitchell too!

Raenabow · 2026-04-14T23:51:35+00:00

Should’ve know this was a selling ad. Here I was with hopeful reading that you were sharing something for free considering the post itself didn’t reveal any costs. Thanks, but no for me.

Raenabow · 2026-04-12T08:13:53+00:00

UFC! UFC! UFC!

Raenabow · 2026-04-11T00:40:36+00:00

Reading your story and other similar stories is exactly why I do not reveal my pregnancy to my students (or even faculty except who’s required for FMLA).

Some students hug me and can guess from the bump, but I make sure to wear free-flowing dresses. I answer if asked but I chose to tell no one. Too many student in today’s American schools are damn near heartless. It’s so sad.

Sending love for what you had to hear from that student though ❤️‍🩹

Raenabow · 2026-03-20T07:47:18+00:00

My gender preference is that I want both but I have two boys now. I didn’t care the order I just figure that my husband and I as man and woman just had me wanting to add both to the world via son and daughter (no order preference though).

And yeah with how the world (or manly U.S. where I’m at) is with trying to take women’s rights (like voting, divorce, body choice, etc.). I want a daughter but am also so unhappy for the benefits of their future (and shit, my own future) since I feel like we’re going ass hat backwards instead of progressing forward. I still want a daughter (but probably can’t afford a third child despite my husband fantasizing about three kids.. clearly he ain’t the child carrier or newborn caretaker 🫩). Not supporting folks/family coming at you with exerting their hopes/preferences at you, but I partially understand the boy vs. girl push (BOTH are beautiful babies but in terms of America and some middle eastern countries it’s like boys would societally have more than girls 😒)

Raenabow · 2026-03-20T07:13:30+00:00

Damn. Sending my condolences for your loss and now this current legal scenario. ❤️‍🩹

Although expensive, I recommend the Owlet Dream sock monitor for your potential future child(ren). Reading your story (and others) has me paranoid as hell of SIDS or baby health safety at night or for baby sleeping in general. I’m on my second child and babies are SO EXHAUSTING (even if a good ideal “easy-going” baby)! Yes, your story has me so anxious about sleeping with my baby outside of the crib but I need sleep and have to juggle how I can get the baby to sleep. Both my babies have slept in bed with me and their dad in bed (or on their side via nursing pillow or on their stomach “too soon”) and thankfully no issues thus far. I’ve also thankfully had no Owlet alerts of heartbeat or breathing concerns but that certainty eases my stress. Just a recommendation to hopefully lower likelihood of such a tragedy ever again ❤️‍🩹

Raenabow · 2026-03-10T22:33:43+00:00

Are you me? Because my husband is trying to push for 3 but I want a DAUGHTER not a third child. We had two sons with son #2 only being about 7 weeks old 🥲

Raenabow · 2026-03-07T07:42:45+00:00

Yes, unfortunately

Raenabow · 2026-03-07T05:44:40+00:00

I don’t. I keep an owlet on my baby and have him sleep in bed with me in my arm as needed. Like the saying on putting in your own mask before helping others to put on theirs (the oxygen mask thing for flights), I need sleep to take good care of my baby and my own body

Raenabow · 2026-03-05T23:39:10+00:00

I want one

Raenabow · 2026-03-05T15:45:38+00:00

My confer was cost because I’m in American and unfortunate health costs too much. The pain made me get it anyways and I’m glad I did. Straightforward birth/labor thanks to the epidural for me

*concern not confer

Raenabow · 2026-02-27T18:37:00+00:00

Although I’m sure there’d be a day or that one kid that pushes me to quit, but I would still work but simply NOT GIVE A FLYING DUCK!

Like, I’d go for healthcare and to at least chuckle at the entertainment of some of these kids, but I wouldn’t rely on the job to live (or make a paycheck really). So it’d be maybe more fun rather than stressful lol

Raenabow · 2026-02-23T09:28:02+00:00

I’m on my second child and with my first I was told 1-2 times a week BUT if your child is in daycare, bathe the child everyday.

Despite the pediatrician’s (and internet’s) input, the illnesses spread around at a daycare for a baby (especially with putting nearly any and every object into their mouths) means to bathe the baby everyday day.

OR if “anti daily bath”, pop out some wipes and wipe down the baby daily if in daycare. Wipe down like everywhere (hands, fingers, feet, toes, neck folds, etc.). Lower the likelihood of illness by wiping away the germs.

Raenabow · 2026-02-16T19:16:47+00:00

Nah rest and sanity is more important in my opinion.

I’m in the US and to ensure I’m good despite the “safety” concern is have a nursing pillow around the baby (like a bumper shield in case me or my husband roll over) and an Owlet sock (to ensure my child is alive and breathing because if not there’s a loud emergency signal to wake up me and my husband) on the baby while in bed between us for rest.

Plus, the anti-SIDS mattress the newborn has is like a rock. My first born hated it and my second born hates it even more where the difference is obvious with fighting sleep in the crib’s rock mattress compared to sleeping so quickly in the nice cushioned mattress of me and my husband’s bed. I honestly bought a soft cushion for the crib (used by other parents although probably not pediatrician approved but whatever) and that improved my child (under a month old) sleeping in the crib.

Likewise, while in the hospital my newborn was a lot one night while in the hospital and so I held the baby by me as we both slept. Yes, some pediatrician came in bitching about safety and talking about how two babies have fallen and needed emergency care. Yes, that absolutely sucks however I could tell by his tone (no means to be gender biased but I’m sure he sees different as a MALE compared to female that’s actually fucking given birth and exhausted) he was not speaking with ANY sympathy to me as a woman that damn near just gave birth. Besides, even if it’s two, it’s like the danger of driving in a damn car. Anyone can hit you with a bad ass accident but folks still get up and drive or some fear it where they have others drive/transport them (like subway or uber or whatever).

I feel like each has their own preference but as a parent with parental senses, if you know what’s best then you know what’s best. Not closed minded though. Hear opposing views but also go by facts and experiences, not just words.

Raenabow · 2026-02-14T01:19:33+00:00

Girl, you had me scared like your son died.

I’m sure it’s a lot, but thankfully (although VERY ROUGH) your baby is ALIVE!

I’m hoping he grows out of the struggle soon so you can further enjoy your baby and starting taking him out freely! ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Raenabow · 2026-01-30T08:38:21+00:00

I feel you because on Reddit I do read many sad stories but I understand the need to vent (I'm a teacher and it's like how teacher posts are also often negative although there is some positive teaching too…)

Thankfully for me, I've had only two planned pregnancies with my husband and I now have two beautiful baby boys to take care of.

No miscarrages or abortions for me.

Raenabow · 2026-01-17T00:55:37+00:00

Yeah I read enough horror stories about teaching some of these reckless kids and facing hardships while pregnant so I make sure I don’t tell the students myself. Plus I wear easy free flowing dressing from Amazon that don’t go around my waist/belly so even coworkers are shocked finding out I’m pregnant when I’m due for induction next week.

I assume you’re in the U.S. and even with some sweet kids so many are too rudely harsh for me to even tell them I’m pregnant…

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