perceived racial discrimination, may have the greatest impact on mental health in African Americans and may lead to additional improvements in the holistic well-being of African Americans (Mama, Li, Basen-Enquist, Lee, Thompson, Wetter, Nguyen, Reitzel, & McNeill, 2015). For example, there must be institutional efforts at a national and grassroots level that address the numerous social issues impacting African American communities. Particularly, programs that enhance their life outcomes. In other words, there must be advocacy for African American clients who are engaging in therapy, and that advocacy must extend to the world they live in outside of their therapy sessions. African American millennial's mental health has also raised concerns due to the lack of being able to find employment. African American males between the age of twenty and twenty-four were studied and were found to experience unemployment at almost double the rate of their white peers. Mental issues are presented in the form of addictions such alcohol and smoking. Conditions of depression have reported as well. Societal pressure of gender norm is one factor that leads to mental health issues for African American males. Maternal and child health African American women are three to four times more likely to die in childbirth than white women, while their babies are twice as likely to die than white babies, even when controlled for many factors such as education, income, and health. Danyelle Solomon argues that "White racism” is the highest cause of unrest in communities, pushing them further apart, and causing more black women and infants to die because of it. Racism affects several components of a black woman's life in regards to being able to give birth or currently carrying. Racism found in the delivery of health care and social service means black women often receive substandard care in comparison to white women. As well, denial of care to black women that seek help when enduring pain, or that health care and social service providers fail to treat them with dignity and respect when it comes to their wellbeing. African American women face greater chances than white women to have chronic stress which can stem from living in impoverished neighborhoods or encountering discrimination. These embedded stressors as a result of societal inequities and prejudice could largely explain the underlying health disparities in negative birth outcomes. Although studies examining the effects of prenatal stress are limited, for a few reasons, evidence does