Sunday, April 20, 2008

Tuskegee Syphilis Study

For my ethical research, I studied the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. This was a study done by the public health department on African American males and their problem with syphilis. The 600 participants were signed up in agreement that they would be given free medical exams and burial insurance.

Word shortly got out that the study was being used as a ploy rather than a way to help African American males. They were not being treated at all for their disease, and they were not helped at all. They were simply medical subjects to study.

I feel that this is why African Americans today do not trust the government. When we did things like this to them, they had to rebel to make their voice heard, and races were pushed further apart. If we simply and honestly had helped them like we said, this study would've been a stepping stone in the unification of America. I believe that our future is bright, though, and we will see more programs and studies in the future which will successfully help the African American culture.

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