zhiviDec 29, 2022
Do you know who Henrietta Lacks is? Statue of Henrietta Lacks will replace Robert E Lee. Read the article.
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Statue of Henrietta Lacks will replace Robert E Lee - BBC News

She will be honoured decades after cells taken without her consent helped revolutionise medicine.

BBC News
Show threadAndrew HundtDec 29, 2022

@zhivi @BlackMastodon thanks for sharing!

Really wish the BBC didn't put stolen in scare quotes when it referred to the cells.

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@ahundt @BlackMastodon thank you for responding and reading. What would should have been used instead?
Dec 29, 2022 at 10:14amWeb
Show threadAndrew HundtDec 29, 2022
@zhivi @BlackMastodon I was just thinking stolen instead of "stolen", so no quotes. The way that sentence read to me it brought to mind some of the institutional dismissiveness Ruha Benjamin described in "Viral Justice" regarding Henrietta Lacks, HeLa cells, and her family. The book is much better on the topic overall in my view.
Show threadAndrew HundtDec 29, 2022
@zhivi @BlackMastodon * than the BBC article
Show threadzhiviDec 29, 2022
@ahundt @BlackMastodon thank you for clarifying and the resource you posted.