Medical exploitation of Black people in America goes far beyond the cells stolen from Henrietta Lacks that produced modern day miracles
- Written by Deion Scott Hawkins, Assistant Professor of Argumentation & Advocacy, Emerson College
A photo of Henrietta Lacks sits in the living room of her grandson. Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesIn a case that revealed the exploitation of a Black woman beginning in the 1950s and extending for 70 years, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. settled a lawsuit that the estate of Henrietta Lacks had filed against the biotech firm...
