Tuskegee was not something that happened centuries ago. It didn't end until a year after I had left high school - and I never heard one fucking thing about it for years after that.
Also, Smith makes a great point. ie: "Tuskegee" is invoked to explain how racism was built into the healthcare system here in USAmerica Inc, while inviting the inference that since we've recognized how horrifically unethical it all was, we can dismiss it now as being part of a troubled past, and avoid having to acknowledge the ongoing problems of a racial divide in healthcare delivery that should be apparent to anyone who cares to look.
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