Black Sperm

Black Sperm
March 13, 2022, 12:30 AM · 5 min read
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While Black women are twice as likely to be infertile than white women, an additional barrier when seeking assistance reproducing — egg and sperm donor shortages — is now exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 11 percent of women of reproductive age in the U.S. have faced reproductive problems. Although Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show the national birth rate is higher among Black women than White women, NIH research also shows married Black women have almost twice the odds of infertility as married white women.
According to the International Fertility Law Group, reproductive conditions such as fibroids, endometriosis, PCOS also disproportionally impact Black women and could lead to infertility.
Michigan journalist Rhonda Spencer knew she would have problems conceiving when she married Jamal. So the couple looked into in vitro fertilization, known as IVF, but Rhonda later found out that she would also need an egg donor. Then Rhonda and Jamal hit another stumbling block in their attempt to start a family.
While males can face sperm reproduction issues and infertility too, research shows that hormonal and structural problems could make it hard to conceive even with assisted reproductive technology, leading to the need for donor replacements.
“Then we find out that here in West Michigan, there are no Black donors available for us,” Rhonda told 13 On Your Side, the local ABC affiliate, where she worked as a producer. “As a Black woman, I want to have a Black child. It was a hurdle that I hadn’t even thought about would be an issue, and to find out that there were none, not one, was very shocking to me and heartbreaking.”
Experts say Black sperm and egg donor shortages have existed since the late 1980s. Still, the absence of young professionals and college students in metro areas because of COVID-19 restrictions and modified work settings have made recruitment a greater challenge.
Once accepted, a sperm donor must return once or twice a month for six months, the International Fertility Law Group said. Egg donors have to go through at least three months of screenings. They must self-inject hormones and medications on a strict schedule for weeks, the fertility group said.
Officials at the fertility center in Grand Rapids, where Rhonda lives, said just 5 percent out of 1,000 egg donor applicants were Black over three years.
Even at the nation’s largest sperm banks, there is a low quantity of Black sperm available, the Wall Street Journal reported .
According to the WSJ, during one week in February, four out of the 242 available sperm donors at California Cryobank said they were Black, and 18 of 360 donors at Fairfax Cryobank, based in Fairfax, Va., identified as Black. California Cryobank Medical Director Dr. Jaime Shamonki said they “cannot replenish the catalog fast enough to meet demand.” Shamonki said the sperm bank is now looking for ways to recruit more Black donors.
Sperm donors are screened based on their genetics such as height, weight and medical and psychological history. They must pass infectious-disease testing, a criminal-background check and semen analysis. Sperm donors must be attending college or have a college degree. Some sperm banks allow donors to substitute professional experience for a college degree.
Egg donors must pass psychological and medical screenings, including testing for the sickle anemia trait, which is more prevalent in Black people.
Experts have also found Black donor shortages in the U.K.
Dr. Stacey Edwards-Dunn, founder of Fertility for Colored Girls, said a stigma about fertility in the Black community stalls treatment. It starts with the misconception that Black women are fertile, which is rooted in slavery.
“Much of this comes from breeding myths during slavery around our ability to be able to give birth,” Edwards-Dunn said. “But the reality is, these myths are incorrect. So it begins with how we have been socialized and educated around our own reproductive health and our Black bodies.”
Edwards-Dunn said Black women and couples mistrust medical professionals, also triggered by past abuse and disregard for Black people in the medical and science field. In part, most IVF marketing and research have not included Black women or Black families.
Edwards-Dunn and other fertility advocates said fertility care providers need cultural sensitivity and diversity training to check their hidden biases. There is also a lack of Black professionals in the field.
“Something I hear from Black women and couples is they want the doctor and team to partner up with them in their treatment — not to look down on them or talk at them,” Edwards-Dunn said. “They want someone to walk with them on their journeys.”
13 On Your Side reported that four women immediately reached out to the Grand Rapids fertility center inquiring about egg donation when Rhonda and Jamal’s story aired last March. However, it is unclear if the couple have been able to conceive since then.
Aisha Jenkins, a 46-year-old project manager in Washington, D.C., said she opted for sperm donors with Egyptian and Indian ancestry when she ran into issues finding Black sperm.
“I knew there were other colors in the spectrum that would give me a brown child,” Jenkins told the WSJ.
Some families who run out of options or are not in the financial position to afford IVF have turned to private donors for assistance. Numerous Facebook pages are dedicated to egg and sperm donations. Health experts, however, warn against private sperm donation because of the lack of screenings.
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Black Sperm (Kuroi Seishi; 黒い精子) is a monster who first appeared during the S-Class Heroes' raid of the Monster Association.

Despite his dull appearance and small stature, he is one of the Association's most powerful members and is easily a high-end Dragon level threat capable of defeating even S-Class Heroes. He first appears when Busaiku is separated from Garou, chasing after and tormenting the child. Atomic Samurai steps in but is soon overwhelmed due to Black Sperm's ability to split into numerous versions of himself, as well as regenerate whenever one of his selves is killed.

Tier : Varies , At least 9-A at his lowest, up to High 6-A | High 6-A | At least High 6-A

Classification : Mysterious Being, Dragon-level Threat, Monster Association Executive

Key : Black Sperm | Golden Sperm | Platinum Sperm

Powers and Abilities : Superhuman Physical Characteristics , Shapeshifting , Size-Shifting , Regeneration (Low-High as long as he has remaining cell stock), Elasticity , Immortality (Type 2 as long as he has remaining cell stock), Duplication ( Shown here ), Fusionism (Able to permanently fuse copies in order to become stronger) | All previous abilities, plus Resistance to Acid Manipulation ( Was unaffected by Fuhrer Ugly's acid attacks ) | minus several abilities (Due to being a complete permanent fusion, he has lost several of his abilities like Duplication and Fusionism ), Martial Arts Mastery (Able to keep up pace with an experienced ninja like Flashy Flash and a martial arts master like Garou), Pseudo-Flight ( Able to move and fight in the air ), Light Manipulation

Attack Potency : Varies (The power of an individual Black Sperm depends on its cell count, with smaller clones proving largely ineffective against the Hero Association), At least Small Building level at his lowest ( An individual clone can take down a Class A hero easily , who scales to this feat ), up to Multi-Continent level ( Tore off Post-Elder Centipede Genos ' arm, a feat that even Gums' jaws could not accomplish , and larger mergers have severely injured Atomic Samurai . Is far above Post-Monsterization Garou . Psykos implied that Homeless Emperor and Black Sperm working together could defeat Tatsumaki, who she believed was on the level of Pre-Molt Elder Centipede at the time) | Multi-Continent level ( One shot Super Alloy Darkshine , was confident in defeating King. Can tank a slash from Atomic Samurai's Sun Blade , which was able to obliterate Homeless Emperor's strongest and biggest energy sphere) | At least Multi-Continent level ( Is far stronger then before , defeated Flashy Flash and then went on to fight on par with Post Bang Fight Garou before he grew higher in power )

Lifting Strength : Varies , up to At least Class M ( Easily restrained Sweet Mask, who scale far above the Hammerheads who did this . Able to tore Genos' arm apart) | Class T (Much stronger than Superalloy Darkshine, even calling him far too weak. Darkshine is immensely superior to the likes of TankTop Master who did this ) | At least Class T

Striking Strength : Varies , At least Small Building Class at his lowest, up to Multi-Continent Class | Multi-Continent Class | At least Multi-Continent Class

Durability : Unknown , Regeneration and Duplication makes him incredibly difficult to kill | Multi-Continent level | At least Multi-Continent level (Can take hits from Half Monster (Limit Broken) Garou , and even survive his Monster Calamity God Slayer Fist )

Range : Unknown | Extended melee range by sheer size | Extended melee range by sheer size, Several meters with Elastic Tentacle (Able to extend the tentacle on his head to strike opponents or restraint them

Intelligence : Above Average (While he initially appears rather single-minded and straightforward, he is incredibly sharp in combat and was one of the few monsters in the Association to use tactics and outmaneuver his foes)

Standard Tactics : With multiple of him self he will bombard the enemy with a series of strikes | Punches and kicks | Same as before

Weaknesses : If his cell stock gets low, he'll become weaker and eventually be unable to regenerate or make copies. If he fuses his cell stock permanently in a new body, he no longer can regenerate or duplicate with that body.

You're looking down on me, aren't you?

So you have lost your will to fight over such meagre damage... So you turn your back on the enemy to flee in tears? And you call yourself an S-Class hero.

~ Golden Sperm to Superalloy Darkshine

You have monsterized that much, but you still do not have the courage to choose the side of the monsters? How disappointing. We should've disposed of you from the very start.

Fertility | Desperately Seeking a Black Sperm Donor
Desperately Seeking a Black Sperm Donor
Two hopeful moms-to-be set out in search of a sperm donor with African origins and find the pickings slim.
Credit... Aubrey Trinnaman for The New York Times
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[This story was originally published on May 8, 2019 on NYT Parenting.]
Nikki and I did something often considered too good to be true. We stumbled across each other in a humid, dark, loud nightclub in West Hollywood during the 2014 Los Angeles Pride weekend; it was love at first sight.
Fast forward to 2018, when we got married and bought a house within the same week. But our dream wouldn’t be complete without one more miracle: motherhood. The medical recommendation is that women have children before the age of 35, so we decided that Nikki should carry first since she’s 33 and I’m 28. But like many folks who seek out fertility help , we had no idea how difficult it would be to find the perfect sperm donor , let alone a black donor.
Nikki is an extrovert who works as a global partnership senior manager for a top technology company. If her perfect smile and big hair don’t blow you away, her optimism and ambition will take you around the universe and back. Nikki would describe me as a super creative, solutions-oriented introvert. I’m the person everyone comes to for advice, but I was at a loss when it came to finding a suitable sperm donor for our needs.
Even before we started looking, I was under the impression that there was a limited supply of black donors. Maybe that’s because I don’t know any black donors. Maybe it’s because buying sperm or conceiving a baby in this fashion isn’t considered a “black thing.” As it turns out, I was correct. Though private sperm banks are not required to share the ethnic origins of their donors publicly, as we started our search we found the number of black donors to be vanishingly small.
Below is a conversation between Nikki and me about the start of our journey to motherhood. It has been condensed and edited for clarity.
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