Serena Williams, the world renowned tennis player, explained her experience following childbirth. After her cesarean section, she told the something was happening to her and she needed to be checked out but the nurse did not believe her. After she insisted on a CT scan, multiple blood clots were found in her lungs. Her situation touches on a greater issue of healthcare providers believing women of color less in their expressions of pain, which leads to a 3-4 times greater risk of pregnancy-related deaths in black women than white women.