I was a little surprised by your reference to "birth" tourism being some form of "white privilege". My personal experience is the opposite. My experience is firsthand, since I ran one of the largest OB/GYN groups in Florida. It was pretty common for wealthy people of all skin colors (but primarily Hispanic because of our location) to come to America to have their babies so their children can secure American citizenship. On the west coast, Asian women rather than Hispanic women are more common. It was very rare for a foreign white woman to opt to have her baby in America, but the demographics may be different along our northern border and east coast.

I don't know of any of our patients that went overseas to have their babies, I don't doubt it happens on occasion, but it is not a common practice.

In my experience, "birth tourism" for the most part is good for our economy. These tourists don't stay, nearly all return home where they enjoy higher standards of living than they would in America. Dual citizenship is a valued thing when your home country is at risk of political turmoil. It provides a safe country to flee to. Somehow, I don't see skin color as a factor in that, unless your religion or skin color is subject to bigotry in your home country.

Why not debate the issue of birth tourism, instead of suggesting it is somehow tied to race. Birth tourism is an issue worthy of debate and analysis.