Karlesha Thurman, 25, received masses of abuse after posting a picture of herself feeding three-month-old daughter Aaliyah at her graduation in California.
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The student posted the photo to the Facebook page 'Black Women Do Breastfeed', who then decided to share the photo with the caption: 'Congratulations, mama!!!! Giving her daughter more gifts than one! Isn't this beautiful?! #normalizebreastfeeding.'
But after being picked up on Twitter, some users responded furiously to the snap, with one writing: 'I do not care how natural breast feeding is, a college graduation is not the place…decorum, people.'
However others were quick to jump to Karlesha's defence, tweeting their own breastfeeding pictures in response with the hashtag #normalizebreastfeeding.
One Twitter user poses an interesting question
Sandy Stranger tweeted: 'Okay weirdos. I nurse my kids on a couch, on a bus, at your graduation, on the internet, etc. #normalizebreastfeeding.'
Another user, Ashley Young wrote: 'I always nurse sans cover. Nursing in public is essential in order to #normalizebreastfeeding.'
Karlesha has now removed the photo from the site, adding that she 'honestly thought that as a society, people were more understanding to breastfeeding and understood the important of breastfeeding.'
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