Love this article and resonate so much with it!

While I agree too much of these things are marketed towards middle/upper class white women, it's also important to note that baby wearing is traditional in Europe too. It's not just traditional in communities of color. Granted, particular techniques should not be used or taught without giving credit where credit is due. Personally, I've never encountered a rebozo teacher that didn't give credit and discuss the origins of the techniques. Not to say disrespectful, marginalizing people don't exist, of course.
The class divide between those privileged enough to have access to "natural" birth and parenting techniques is also disparaging, and does heavily effect communities of color. Absolutely. We all need to work on making these things more accessible to everyone.
But no one particular group owns techniques like these, not the suburban white mom who things she "discovered" baby wearing, and not communities of color. It belongs to all of us and we can all share.
I found this really lovely blog post that has a multicultural photo montage of baby wearing: http://9davids.blogspot.com/2011/02/babywearing-t...