africansunset: amantesuntamentes: howtobeterrell:  Medical Apartheid By Harriet A. Washington The dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans from colonial times to the present. Apparently they used to experiment on black women during slavery (using no anesthesia even tho they were available at the time) Suddenly Henrietta Lacks’s story isnt so uncommon. Oh did I mention most of what we know about modern Gynecology comes from their experimentation ON BLACK WOMEN> ALLL Black women U MUST OWN THIS BOOK»» adds to reading list This should be an interesting read. brb buying this.

africansunset:

amantesuntamentes:

howtobeterrell:

 Medical Apartheid By Harriet A. Washington

The dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans from colonial times to the present.

Apparently they used to experiment on black women during slavery (using no anesthesia even tho they were available at the time) Suddenly Henrietta Lacks’s story isnt so uncommon. Oh did I mention most of what we know about modern Gynecology comes from their experimentation ON BLACK WOMEN>

ALLL Black women U MUST OWN THIS BOOK»»

adds to reading list

This should be an interesting read.

brb buying this.

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