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Why Black Women Are Protesting A Statue Of This Famed Gynecologist
“J. Marion Sims was a gynecologist in the 1800s who purchased Black women slaves and used them as guinea pigs for his untested surgical experiments,” they wrote. “He repeatedly performed genital surgery on Black women WITHOUT ANESTHESIA because according to him, ‘Black women don’t feel pain.’
“We cannot get over our history of white supremacy until we acknowledge it,” she says in the video.
“When we say that this country and its institutions are literally built on the bodies of black people, we’re not exaggerating, and we’re not lying.”
Read More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-black-women-are-protesting-a-statue-of-this-famed-gynecologist_us_599adb63e4b0e8cc855ec8c7?section=us_women
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10029497929
BLACK WOMEN DO NOT FEEL PAIN
“J. Marion Sims was a gynecologist in the 1800s who purchased Black women slaves and used them as guinea pigs for his untested surgical experiments,” they wrote. “He repeatedly performed genital surgery on Black women WITHOUT ANESTHESIA because according to him, ‘Black women don’t feel pain.’
“We cannot get over our history of white supremacy until we acknowledge it,” she says in the video.
“When we say that this country and its institutions are literally built on the bodies of black people, we’re not exaggerating, and we’re not lying.”
Read More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-black-women-are-protesting-a-statue-of-this-famed-gynecologist_us_599adb63e4b0e8cc855ec8c7?section=us_women
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10029497929
BLACK WOMEN DO NOT FEEL PAIN
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