The worst part of her story: just about every modern medicine and breakthrough owes it's advancement to Henrietta's cells.
However, her family was not compensated with a dime, despite her cells making billions for the pharmaceutical industry.
When you expose a racist student, you stop them from attending a university that will allow them to become a racist healthcare worker, teacher, lawyer, real estate developer, politicians, etc.
If you are hesitant to stay at home bc you don’t think COVID-19 is a big deal or “the flu kills more people,” PLEASE watch this. She breaks it down step by step, number by number. Staying at home MATTERS!!!
I can’t stress this enough. GET OUT OF YOUR HOMETOWN. Even if it’s not forever. Move. Travel. See the world. There is more to life than the same 10 people and the same 2 bars.
We are so proud of our Library student worker, Marcy, who traveled to Portugal to study disability services in that country as part of the @wjcollege Magellan Project. https://t.co/u45qnnipK6