Does Henrietta Lacks deserve having a statue erected of her in Bristol, England?

[SalomePortman]

She was an American who died in 1951 of cancer. Her cancer cells were taken without her permission and used for the sake of medical research. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-58761785

 

[Nehemiah6]

She was an American who died in 1951 of cancer. Her cancer cells were taken without her permission and used for the sake of medical research. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-58761785

It is rather strange that any statue is being erected at this time when all the governments in the West allowed existing statues to be torn down by vandals very recently. No she does not deserve any such statute. This is simply another distraction. And "cancer research" has been a joke all along.

 

[Desdichado]

It's the institutional Left elevating the victim hero while shunning the virtue hero.

 

[SalomePortman]

It is rather strange that any statue is being erected at this time when all the governments in the West allowed existing statues to be torn down by vandals very recently. No she does not deserve any such statute. This is simply another distraction. And "cancer research" has been a joke all along.

Very true.

 

[SalomePortman]

It's the institutional Left elevating the victim hero while shunning the virtue hero.

Absolutely.