Medical Exploitation of Black People Goes Far Beyond the Cells Stolen from Henrietta Lacks

Earlier this month, the family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black cancer patient whose cells were stolen by Johns Hopkins University Hospital in 1951, reached a settlement over the dishonest use of her cells with pharmaceutical company Thermo Fisher Scientific.

In this clip, Karen Hunter and Don Calloway explain how much deeper the exploitation of Black bodies in the name of science truly goes.