When will we stop using Black bodies as research subjects?

When will we stop using Black bodies as research subjects?

For too many generations, Black communities have been subject to medical experimentations. The infamous Tuskegee syphilis study, which withheld treatment from Black men for 40 years, did not merely produce harmful science; it cemented generational distrust in public health that lingers in our communities today. The legacy of unethical medical research in this country runs even deeper than the Tuskegee experiments. In the mid-19th century, the su…