African American

"No harm was done to Lacks by harvesting the cells", and it's not like she did anything or achieved anything to make them special - it was just who she was.

They would've been thrown to the trash, and none of the innumerable benefits derived from it would've ever happened.

There was no legal claim, no harm done, and they didn't know what they had or what it meant at the time, other than "WTF are these cells still going".

That said, there's definitely a moral obligation and recognition owed to her - even if it was an accidental discovery - and her immediate family rightfully should have been cared for with the discovery and its' potential.

Problem is, apparently there's an issue with holding companies to a moral standard :/