Strangers Shamed This Mother for Doing the Most Natural Thing in the World (boob photo warning)

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http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/06/11/strangers-shamed-this-mom-for-doing-what-comes-naturally?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2014-06-12

After a photo of Karlesha Thurman nursing her baby at her college graduation went viral, the mom found out just how awful the breast-feeding backlash can be.

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June 11, 2014 By Liz Dwyer

Staff Writer Liz Dwyer has written about race, parenting, and social justice for several national publications. She was previously education editor at GOOD.

Krlesha Thurman had no idea that a photo of her doing one of the most natural things in the world could cause such a controversy. But after an image of the 25-year-old mom breast-feeding her four-month-old daughter, Aaliyah, during her graduation from California State University Long Beach went viral, Thurman is finding out just how heated the debate about nursing in public can be.

A fellow classmate snapped the photo of Thurman while the recent grad was sitting in her seat, feeding her daughter. Thurman shared it on a Facebook group that encourages African American mothers to nurse their babies. Next thing she knew, strangers were using social media to shame her.

“I do not care how natural breast feeding is, a college graduation is not the place…decorum, people,” commented one Twitter user. “Maybe I still have sleep in my eyes but did I just see a pic of a chick really breastfeeding during middle of her graduation?” tweeted another. Those are the nice comments. Other social media users called Thurman names and accused her of being promiscuous.

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