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Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington
2 reviews
mermaidread's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Slavery, Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Child death, Sexism, Terminal illness, Blood, Body horror, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Rape
valkyriejmu's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.0
This book is informative. It is also depressing AF. I added all the content warnings, but it serves a purpose, it's not just a warning of triggers. This is what has been done to African Americans throughout history in the name of science (in most cases) and I think it's important to know.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Racism, Sexism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Torture, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Kidnapping
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