#medical apartheid

[intersectionalpraxis]

Defend and Protect Black Women!!

Misogynoir medical bias is KILLING Black women disproportionately. If you know even a little history of how Black women have been systematically dehumanized and objectified in the medical industrial complex -you'd know this is FAR too common and it's despicable. These medical professionals should be losing their licenses to practice medicine.

"Black women are three to four times more likely to experience complications during pregnancy and childbirth and die from these complications compared with white women. Additionally, infants born to Black women are two times more likely to be born premature (<37 weeks of gestation) compared with infants born to white women."

"In the 19th century, J. Marion Sims performed experimental surgery on enslaved Black women without their consent to develop a cure for vesicovaginal fistula. These experiments facilitated the generations of two key health care scripts about Black women in the context of reproductive health care: (1) it is acceptable to perform procedures on Black women without their consent; and (2) Black women have a high tolerance for pain."

"Although there is a plethora of research documenting Black women's experiences of racism and discrimination while navigating perinatal care, much less has been reported regarding the relationship between racism and clinical care through the lens of clinicians' caring for Black women during pregnancy and childbirth."

#feminist #social justice #feminism #current events #current news #black women #protect black women #protect black girls #systemic inequality #systemic injustice #medical bias #medical apartheid #antiblackracism #antiblackness #tw child death #tw pregnancy #history #obstetrics and gynecology #united kingdom

[3rdeyeblaque]

On August 1st we venerate Ancestor Henrietta Lacks on her 103rd birthday 🎉

Sister Henrietta is known throughout the world as, "The Mother Of Modern Medicine", being the biological source of the HeLa cells - 1st immortalized human cell line, which has been central to cancer research studies & methods. Billions of her cells are presently used in biomedical research development around the world, notably in the manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines, mapping the human genome, HIV/AIDS & cancer treatments, testing human cells against zero gravity in space, other vaccine research, & undoubtedly much more.

Today, however, venerate the woman behind the medical atrocities that it took to achieve such a feight.

Born Roanoke, VA, a young Henrietta grew up working on a tobacco farm with her father, her 9 siblings, & extended relatives on their land in Clover, VA - where their ancestors had worked as slaves. She'd lost her to complications of child birth when she was just 4yrs old. Due to his lack of patience, her father divided his children to be raised among different relatives accordingly. Henrietta was to be raised by her grandfather, who had already taken in her First-Cousin, David "Day" Lacks - who she later married. Henrietta continued her schooling until the 6th grade. On a hopeful prayer, they left Clover, VA for Turner Station, MD to escape the impoverished life that came with tobacco farming. There, they settled down to start their family.

While pregnant with her 5th child, Henrietta discovered a painful knot inside her that persisted through atypical bleeding post-childbirth, among other symptoms. Finally, she sought medical treatment. Prior to this, she & her family would lay flowers at the local Jesus statue, recite prayers & rub his feet for good luck. Henrietta kept her diagnosis to herself so as to not worry her family; she was determined to overcome her medical condition on her own.

While receiving treatment at a segregated ward in John Hopkins University, doctors took a tissue sample of her tumor for medical research without her knowledge or consent. This was an everyday practice at most medical institutions of the time. Unfortunately, Sister Henrietta did not survive her treatment. She was later buried at the Lacks Family Cemetery in Clover, Va.

Following her death, the medical research scientists from John Hopkins University coerced her husband to consenting to have an autopsy conducted on her remains; they claimed doing so would provide beneficial health information to his children. This allowed them to lawfully collect tissue samples from all of Henrietta 's organs. As of 2020, the cells from these tissue samples that were collected on that day & prior are THE most widely used in biomedical research labs around the world.

For all her pain, suffering, & desecration (of which the latter continues presently), may Sister Henrietta be forever elevated in peace, healing, & light in the spiritual as her physical essence has become immortalized in the physical.

We pour libations💧& give her 💐 today as we celebrate her for her love of family, community, & faith.

Offering suggestions: prayers toward her elevation, libations of water, catholic prayers, & a Catholic Bible.

‼️Note: offering suggestions are just that & strictly for veneration purposes only. Never attempt to conjure up any spirit or entity without proper divination/Mediumship counsel.‼️

#hoodoo #hoodoos #atr #atrs #the hoodoo calendar #ancestor elevation #ancestor veneration #henrietta lacks #HeLacells #HeLa #black history #modern medicine #medical apartheid #us history

[padawan-historian]

Warning ⚠️ (Dys)functional white savior convientlly forgets that abortion is an ancestral practice of resistance and communal care. Also fails to mention the state-sanctioned sterilization of indigenous, Black, and queer folx throughout the 20th century . . . an inhumane practice perpetuated against undocumented communities and a subject the Pro-Life Movement is curiously quiet about.

#pro life #Pro Birth Trifecta #our world #black lives matter #ecosystem of white supremacy #medical apartheid #white savior #politics

[umbralwaves]

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has reported¹ “concerns” that the Israeli regime has stolen organs from Palestinian corpses, citing medical professionals who have documented evidence of “possible organ theft by the Israeli military,” that includes, “missing cochleas and corneas as well as other vital organs like livers, kidneys, and hearts” from bodies of dead Palestinians returned by the Israeli military to southern Gaza.

The corpses subjected to organ theft were themselves stolen from the vicinities of Al-Shifa and The Indonesian hospitals in Gaza, as doctors and journalists have reported on Nov 18 and Nov 20. According to Euro-Med Monitor, “the Israeli army also dug up and confiscated the bodies from a mass grave that was established more than 10 days ago in one of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex’s courtyards.”

Although the Israeli military has returned many of those stolen corpses to the ICRC, dozens remain in Israeli custody. The theft of dead Palestinian bodies has long been an Israeli policy that serves two purposes: transforming the corpses into bargaining chips for political gain and collectively-punishing bereaved Palestinian families by depriving them of the ability to give their loved ones proper burials. The legality of such necroviolent practices has been upheld both by the Israeli government and the Supreme Court.

Reports of Israeli organ theft not scarce. In 2009, The Guardian reported² that “Israel has admitted pathologists harvested organs from dead Palestinians, and others, without the consent of their families.” (See also: CNN, NBC News, etc).

Euro-Med Monitor cites Over Their Dead Bodies³, a book by Israeli doctor Meira Weiss, in which it is revealed that “organs taken from dead Palestinians were utilized in medical research at Israeli universities’ medical faculties and were transplanted into Jewish-Israeli patients’ bodies.” Euro-Med Monitor writes, “Even more concerning are admissions made by Yehuda Hess, the former director of Israel’s Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine, about the theft of human tissues, organs, and skin from dead Palestinians over a period of time without their relatives’ knowledge or approval.”

An Israeli investigative television series titled “Orly and Guy Return with Answers” broadcasted an episode⁴ about the Israeli Institute of Forensic Medicine which dealt in detail with the illicit harvesting of organs from the bodies of dead “Palestinians, immigrants, and foreign workers” (see transcript⁵)

People who have brought this issue to light, including myself, have continually been subjected to harassment and punishment and accused of "blood libel." One example of this is a Montgomery County teacher who has been put on leave over social media posts decrying Israeli necroviolence. The Washington Post's

@NicoleAsbury reported on this incident and falsely claimed that "there is no evidence of organ harvesting," despite ample evidence. @EuroMedHR has called for "the creation of an independent international investigation committee into organ theft suspicions."

— Mohammed El-Kurd (@m7mdkurd) November 26, 2023

#palestine #medical apartheid #settler colonialism #death #any trigger tag suggestions this is so horrifying #and dates back since the beginning #organ harvesting

[safirefire]

im still in the middle of Medical Apartheid and Cobalt Red just came off hold but then I remembered that All This Twisted Glory (This Woven Kingdom #3) comes out next week on Feb 6th and now I’m re-reading the first two because I loved them so much they really hit my need for a fantasy with an interesting plot plus a good romance and it’s by the same author who wrote Shatter Me so if you liked that series I highly recommend it because the main character is so Juliette coded and the writing is so beautiful with funny and quippy dialogue but their speech pattern is Victorian so it’s like a Cinderella/regency romance in a Persian inspired setting with djinn and magic so anyway this is about to be a Tahereh Mafi account for the next two weeks

but also I feel a little bit like

#medical apartheid #harriet a washington #harriet washington #cobalt red #siddharth kara #all this twisted glory #this woven kingdom #these infinite threads #tahereh mafi #alizeh #cyrus #kamran #alizehcyrus #juliette ferrars #warnette #bookblr #ya fantasy #reading #shatter me #obviously I had cobalt red get delivered later so someone else could read it

[serious2020]

Tori Bowie, an elite Olympic athlete, died of complications from childbirth

RISE IN POWER, FRENTORISH ‘TORI’ BOWIE RISE IN POWER, QUEEN www.npr.org/2023/06/13/1181971448/tori-bowie-an-elite-olympic-athlete-died-of-complications-from-childbirth

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#African/Black experience #Afrikan #Afrikan Women 3 x more likely to die of childbirth complications than white women #Anti-Blackness #culture #eclampsia #Medical Apartheid #preeclampsia #protest #racial profiling #racism #racism in medicine is violence #sports #Tori Bowie #track &amp; field #War on Afrikans

[quoteablebooks]

"But," as the late naturalist Stephen Jay Gould mused, "why should the violent behavior of some desperate and discouraged people point to a specific disorder of their brain while the corruption and violence of some congressmen and presidents provokes no similar theory?"

Stephen Jay Gould Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington

#stephen jay gould #Medical Apartheid #TW: Racism #TW: Medical Abuse #Harriet A. Washington

[truths89]

Shrug, Too Smug

Does a pig tell its butcher to bear more humility? Does a sex worker expect her John to value her humanity? Does an indebted post-colonial nation seek to convince the International Monetary Fund that the loans invalidate their sovereignty, and wait for political compassion?

Then why would a doctor care about the side effects to medications that could easily be supplemented with herbs and medicinal nutrition? Like when your doctor says you’re dealing with internalized fatphobia as your psychiatric medications push you towards 300lbs.

They so woke they sleep walking, gaslighting you, and smiling in your face.

The trifecta is Oscar worthy.

But it’s all in your head. Don’t dread the bread, very slowly, the system waits for you to become dead.

Mind, Soul & Flesh…

We are collectively caught in a demented psychic mesh.

If your thoughts are a browser, Abeg, click refresh!

#truths89 #poetry #negressofsaturn #zisaaziza #Medical harm #negligence #medical apartheid #Rebranded #induced mortality

[damiangnarly]

Do you have the courage to find out why so many people have now "Died Suddenly"?

(1:08:21)

#died suddenly #documentary #exposing lies #big pharma #mrna #vaccines #tyranny #medical apartheid #mandate #digital passport #covid #stew peters #rumble #genocide #eugenics #population control #world economic forum

[quotesfromall]

Blind Tom, a black mathematical prodigy, was exhibited by his physician owner for years and became famous for his ability to make fiendishly complex calculations more rapidly and exactly than the scholars of his time. He was, however, and idiot savant incapable of the ordinary tasks of everyday living. Because he was black, his condition was often used to illustrate the deleterious effects of intense thought upon the inferior mind of blacks. But the intellectual histories of these exhibited subjects were often falsified, just as their life histories and bodies were. For example, Thomas Bethune, a slave born around 1850 near Columbus, Georgia, was ballyhooed as an untaught musical freak of nature. Actually, Bethune was a trained musical prodigy who gave piano concerts throughout the south as a child and had performed for President Buchanan at age eight. Bethune was proficient in the classical repertoire and capable of complex harmonic inventions. He played popular music superbly, too, but, rather than being regarded as an American Mozart, he was relegated to circuses and minstrel shows.

Harriet A. Washington, Medical Apartheid

#model minority #model minority myth #black excellence #Affirmative Action #medical apartheid #harriet a washington #harriet a. washington #harriet washington #washington #Medical apartheid : the dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans from colonial times to the present #the dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans from colonial times to the present #2006 #washington 2006

[intersectionalpraxis]

#feminist #social justice #free palestine #palestine #free gaza #freepalastine🇵🇸 #current events #settler violence #settler colonialism #end the occupation #ceasefire #ceasefire now #gaza news #gaza strip #gaza under siege #gaza #gaza genocide #gazaunderattack #gaza hospital #doctors in gaza #medical apartheid #malnutrition #tw child death mention

[art-breathe-creed]

#medical Apartheid #books #reading #bookclub #dump

[returntothewilderness]

Parashat Vayetzei Pt 2: Midrash on Grieving a Loss of Pregnancy & Neo-Natal Death

I dedicate this Midrash and all my studies on neo-natal bereavement to my الجد والجدة (Grandparents), who lost two infants. To my Great-Grandmother, who grieved infertility and had her only son taken as a POW during the Italian occupation of Libya after losing her husband who fought in the resistance. To my Great-Aunt and Uncle who lost a toddler to a rare genetic disorder. To all the families in the global south who lose children to birth defects caused by radiation from nonstop imperialist wars. To the families from SWANA countries who had their newborns stolen from them to give to families in Israel and the West. To pregnant Palestinians held at checkpoints in labor, or abused at checkpoints, causing them to lose their pregnancy or baby. To the Indigenous families, Black families, and Refugees of Turtle Island who were sterilized against their wills or unknowingly. To the people of pre and potentially post- Roe V. Wade who will be criminalized for losing a pregnancy or choosing to end it.

Parashat Vayetzei tells us the story of two sisters in deep anguish over infertility and lack of love and support. Rachel was infertile most of her relationship with Jacob, sometimes asking her concubine to give Jacob a child in her place. Leah, who could have children, felt her ability to be a good wife was purely dependent on her fertility. Both sisters felt like failures who couldn't even turn to each other or their husband in distress.

Many people who experience the devastating randomness of infertility, pregnancy, miscarriage, and neo-natal death often feel deeply isolated and alone. It is estimated that 40% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage. With the lack of continuous community care, spiritual and pastoral care, and consistent rituals to mourn, the topic of this type of loss is still taboo and misunderstood in many circles. In the next several posts we will be looking at the various points in Torah where families faced infertility or the loss of a baby or child. There will be resources, both Jewish and secular, along with suggestions of rituals mourners can integrate into their spiritual and emotional bereavement. We must also be active in supporting marginalized families who experience medical apartheid in the realm of pregnancy. Reproductive justice is a key element in bringing this mostly covered up struggle to light with the rest of the grief that comes with these losses.

Judaism has a long way to go in recognizing the agony and complex range of emotions these types of loss can take on a person or family. In losing a newborn or young baby, the mourning period is for 30 days. The loss of a baby or pregnancy will create grief that far outlives those 30 short days. These posts will honor the various complex emotions, the grieving period no matter how long, and new ways of approaching grief through private and group rituals. No one is ever alone in their pain, and we must make that apparent to those in our lives suffering from this sort of grief.

#torah study #parashat vayetzei #rachel and leah #judaism #jewish prayer #midrash #neo-natal death #death doula #grief support #coping with grief #coping with death #miscarriage #loss of pregnancy #infertility #mena #reproductive justice #long post #medical apartheid

[mmewallpaper]

[Pictured: Two Books side by side. The first is Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts. The second is Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington. ]

In light of the Roe v Wade decision, I'd like to take a second to recommend two excellent books written by black women on how reproductive rights (and the medical industry in general) in the U.S. have always been built on black bodies.

J. Marion Sims, the so called "Father of Gynecology", a heroed figure in modern medicine, made his discoveries by meticulously torturing his slaves and disfiguring their genitals.

Margaret Sanger, known as a "birth control activist", pushed birth control as a eugenics program to limit the number of black people in America.

Medicines and surgeries were created by forcing black people to be the subjects of experiments, and we pay them back by preventing them access to those same medicines and procedures (Washington's "Medical Apartheid" especially goes into this).

Black people are still 2 to 3 times more likely than white people to die during pregnancy and labor.

What I'm saying is, we are all affected by this, but black people are once again going to be disproportionately affected. And I bring this is up because I want to emphasis some very important:

That's not a bug in the system, it's a feature.

#social #black rights #reproductive rights #reproductive health #tw: racism #my posts #harriet a Washington #medical apartheid #dorothy roberts #bookblr

[icymp1]

The LYNCHING of Keisha White 🤬 Pay ATTENTION! You're Next. Don't Say I D...

#youtube #j4k #justice for Keisha White #medical apartheid #lucy letby #nurses who kill #pay attention #wake up #Trend #viral #viral post #Trending

[nakeddeparture]

Experimentation(s) on Human Beings. It makes the news when they’re done with information gathering.

https://youtu.be/nZZJtOPleUE

Think it’s not happening to you? Think again. Naked!!

#naked departure #barbados #medical apartheid #experiment on human beings #Youtube