We aren’t socialized to understand the seriousness of this but it’s a decision that affects your health, your career trajectory, your socioeconomic status, etc.
Just because you like to lay in the bed with someone doesn’t mean you have to have their kid
Be wise
Henrietta Lacks a Black woman died in 1951 at the age of 31 of cervical cancer.
Her cells turned out to be immortal. The cells could survive in labs making it possible for researchers to reproduce studies.
The cells were named the HeLa cell line. They were shared without consent. In the 1950s doctors could harvest cells without a patient's permission.
However, laboratories and researchers continued to use Ms. Lacks’ cells without the consent of the family for decades, despite their attempts to have the cell sharing stopped. The family was never compensated for the contributions the HeLa cells made to research.
Today, work done with HeLa cells underpins much of modern medicine; they have been involved in key cancer discoveries and COVID research.
“Like anyone else, Black people have the right to control their bodies.” - Ben Crump
On behalf of the Lacks family, Attorney Crump filed a series of lawsuits against laboratories for using the cells without consent. The family of Henrietta Lacks settled its lawsuit against the huge biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific over being “unjustly enriched.”
#BlackHistoryWithLana #DemsUnited
But for the grace of God. This was me when I arrived at the hospital in active labor, delivered E less than an hour later. But them lil’ nurses weren’t 👏🏾playing 👏🏾about 👏🏾me.
Shocking video: Shows staff at Franciscan Health Crown Point, IN kicking out a pregnant black woman in active labor, told her she was only 3 cm, and sent her away. 8 minutes later, her husband delivered the baby in their car on the highway. 😳
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It just doesn’t sit right with my soul. 5 years ago everyone wanted to “learn more about Garcelle’s experience”. Now that Cheeto is back in power they could give a shit and everyone is talking real tough. Nah, G said get someone else to do it. And I don’t blame her. ✌🏾
I will not watch RHOBH reunion. I cannot bear witness to, by all accounts, a pile on, to an accomplished successful Black woman by a bunch of middle aged white women whose biggest claim to fame is who they married. Garcelle did the right thing.
And Boz… don’t align yourself with losers. I love you (…you, not your wigs 👀) but stay woke. At the end of the day, you are the Black friend. Don’t forget that.
I need people to understand how difficult it is to get an NIH grant. You spend months writing a proposal, following strict guidelines that include a detailed multiyear budget, bios of everyone on your team, plans for participant safety & ethical conduct. Then you send it off -1/n
I don’t wanna hear shit about what VP did wrong in this campaign. I only want think pieces on racism, misogyny, and Sec. Clinton’s thoughts. The bar was unreachable because this country HATES Black women.
And people are lying liars. 😡
Black women in America know this feeling, all too well. Over prepared, over educated, over qualified… losing to mediocrity. And then expected to concede gracefully and likely assist/train your mediocre replacement.