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A review by jaredwill_
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington
5.0
I can't even begin to summarize the horrors perpetrated against black people by doctors and medical researchers.
Most know of the Tuskegee syphilis experiment but, it barely scratches the surface.
This book was published in 2006 and it's very clear that while the worst of these atrocities no longer happen in America they continue in poor countries like in Sub-Saharan Africa.
It's also important to note that an absence of atrocities doesn't make healthcare equal as the immense amount of disparate health results (and the anecdotal stories from people like Serena Williams) make clear.
Most know of the Tuskegee syphilis experiment but, it barely scratches the surface.
This book was published in 2006 and it's very clear that while the worst of these atrocities no longer happen in America they continue in poor countries like in Sub-Saharan Africa.
It's also important to note that an absence of atrocities doesn't make healthcare equal as the immense amount of disparate health results (and the anecdotal stories from people like Serena Williams) make clear.