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Medical Exploitation of Black People In America
“It’s my belief that revealing the dark history of medical racism is key to making sure that past injustices do not recur,” Deion Scott Hawkins writes.
August 22, 2023
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“It’s my belief that revealing the dark history of medical racism is key to making sure that past injustices do not recur,” Deion Scott Hawkins writes.
As part of queer lore, Marsha P. Johnson, a Black transwoman at the forefront of gay liberation, or Sylvia Rivera, a Latina transwoman, was the first,” Deion Scott Hawkins writes. “Their protests, as well as the actions of other Black gay people in an earlier and little-known act of defiance, demonstrate how queer women of color were often overlooked but at the forefront of gay liberation.”
“For centuries, insurrections were among the only tools enslaved people had for social change and, ultimately, freedom,” Deion Hawkins writes.
“A world without Black Twitter is a world void of robust, rapid and authentic information sharing on police brutality,” Deion Hawkins writes.
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