HENRIETTA LACKS
I get the feeling sometimes that make me wonder why they want to control, steal and monopolize off of a black woman's thunder. That is what happened at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Henrietta made life better for the hoi polloi of individuals diagnosed with polio, HPV vaccines, and in vitro fertilizations. Dr. Gey and all the rest of the scientist used her cells without her consent, only to their benefit. The year was back in 1951 when segregation had its perfect little nasty way with racial inequities in America.
Tell your mama, your daddy, your children, and all generations about this black woman's story. Henrietta Lacks is a black woman that mattered. It took years for us to know about Henrietta Lack because they lied and thrived in hiding the facts and truth. When it comes to the history and contributions of black folks, there are a lot of hidden colors + hidden figures to discover. Henrietta's life and her cells mattered financially well to all those researchers who became wealthy from the creation Yahweh gave her. We can only imagine all the other black folks that were surreptitiously diced and sliced against their free will or by manipulation. So you think black people are not due for reparations? If you've ever wondered, why black folks are so apprehensive about going to the hospitals or going to see their doctors? Henrietta Lack is a hint of why. There has always been medical warfare going on in the black community since The 'Father of Modern Gynecology' oops I meant to say the "monster of gynecology." He improved some of his methods by using enslaved black women. Back then (and NOW) black women were/are disposable pieces of nothing (to them). Black women lived and continue to live in an American society where their pain is taken for granted, and their treatment in the medical field is extremely shady. This is why we (black women) have to be our own advocates. We tend to get referrals of good physicians. If a physician happens to be fantastic and black, the sweetness is bliss. The gal with the cells who cured the world, her legacy will be in the belly of longevity.
Tell your mama, your daddy, your children, and all generations about this black woman's story. Henrietta Lacks is a black woman that mattered. It took years for us to know about Henrietta Lack because they lied and thrived in hiding the facts and truth. When it comes to the history and contributions of black folks, there are a lot of hidden colors + hidden figures to discover. Henrietta's life and her cells mattered financially well to all those researchers who became wealthy from the creation Yahweh gave her. We can only imagine all the other black folks that were surreptitiously diced and sliced against their free will or by manipulation. So you think black people are not due for reparations? If you've ever wondered, why black folks are so apprehensive about going to the hospitals or going to see their doctors? Henrietta Lack is a hint of why. There has always been medical warfare going on in the black community since The 'Father of Modern Gynecology' oops I meant to say the "monster of gynecology." He improved some of his methods by using enslaved black women. Back then (and NOW) black women were/are disposable pieces of nothing (to them). Black women lived and continue to live in an American society where their pain is taken for granted, and their treatment in the medical field is extremely shady. This is why we (black women) have to be our own advocates. We tend to get referrals of good physicians. If a physician happens to be fantastic and black, the sweetness is bliss. The gal with the cells who cured the world, her legacy will be in the belly of longevity.
