Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy In The Black Community
Vaccine hesitancy is growing in the Black community, and this is a valid response to the long history of mistreatment by medical institutions. By Rachel Jones The recent announcement of two viable COVID-19 vaccine candidates has brought the close to a seemingly
Gene Editing Cannot Be Separated From The Violent History of Eugenics and Medical Racism
For all the promises of gene editing, its study cannot be divorced from eugenics and a larger racist history that has inspired many of its endeavors. By Jude Casimir Henrietta Lacks visited John Hopkins Hospital in 1951, complaining of vaginal bleeding. A
‘Project Power’ Delves Into The Scientific Exploitation Of Black Women’s Bodies
‘Project Power’ imagines a world where Black women can get free and remove the shackles of scientific racism that have attempted to bind us for centuries. CN: This article contains spoilers for the film “Project Power” and mentions anti-Black experimentations on
Not All Fat Black Boys Know How To Eat
Fat Black boys are failed by their doctors, failed by nutritionists, failed by a society that doesn't see us as deserving of treatment and therapy. CW: mentions of eating disorders, medical discrimination, ob*sity, and more. I vividly remember multiple visits to my
Minority Health Month: A Wear Your Voice Reading List
For Minority Health Month our reading list illustrates how settler-colonialism is an ongoing project dependent on ensuring that health inequities affecting BIPOC continue to thrive. April is National Minority Health Month. Like many different iterations of white supremacy and systemic oppression,