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At the heart of The Immortal Life is the problematic intersection of African- Americans and scientific/medical study. The Tuskegee Experiments and the Mississippi Appendectomies—two particularly gruesome “research projects” in which African-Americans were lied to and forced to suffer in the name of scientific progress.
After reading the novel students will be able to then, think about the similarities and differences between these two brutal and dehumanizing projects and the case of Henrietta Lacks. Finally, students will compare and contrast the treatment of Lacks and her family with the treatment of these other African-American victims of the past. Use specific examples from your research and The Immortal Life to contextualize Lacks’s story within the historical context of racism and modern medicine.
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At the heart of The Immortal Life is the problematic intersection of African- Americans and scientific/medical study. The Tuskegee Experiments and the Mississippi Appendectomies—two particularly gruesome “research projects” in which African-Americans were lied to and forced to suffer in the name of scientific progress.
After reading the novel students will be able to then, think about the similarities and differences between these two brutal and dehumanizing projects and the case of Henrietta Lacks. Finally, students will compare and contrast the treatment of Lacks and her family with the treatment of these other African-American victims of the past. Use specific examples from your research and The Immortal Life to contextualize Lacks’s story within the historical context of racism and modern medicine.