bbcworldservice

dimanche 20 novembre 2022

Synopsis: The Color of Blood: America in the 1930s is steeped in racial prejudice. Even medical authorities take part, deeming black men 'biologically inferior'. Following an epidemic of syphilis, Dr. Brodus and his nurse, Eunice Evers, are responsible for testing a new treatment against this terrible disease on a group of volunteers. However, Eunice Evers will discover the horrible truth that hides in the hospital. A truth that will only be revealed 40 years later... true story! ❗❗ at the end of the film I translated the text below to you in French ❗❗ "the senate subcommittee declared the tuskegee study scandalous and intolerable. The reform of national policies on human experimentation quickly followed. The service public health quickly offered all survivors penicillin and free medical treatment for life.Despite official warnings that penicillin might prove harmful, no adverse effects were reported among the many survivors who eventually received treatment. No one connected to the study has ever been charged or disciplined. On May 16, President Clinton presented the Tuskegee survivors with the government's first apology: We can finally say, on behalf of the American people, that what the United States has done is shameful, and I'm sorry

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