It is said that the doctors and institutions that had Lacks’ cells did not use them for profit of their own gain. According to Rebecca Skloot in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks she includes statements from doctors on Henrietta’s case and that work at John Hopkins hospital. When the Vice President of Hopkins, Ross Jones, was asked about celebrating Henrietta’s life and contribution to the medical world he stated that he was not sure how Hopkins would be able to help celebrate her life. On page 225 of this book capturing the life and mark that ‘HeLa’ left on the world, Skloot quotes Jones in saying:
Hopkins never used the HeLa cells in a commercial venture. Hopkins never sought, nor realized, any money from the development, distribution …show more content…
In the Huffington Post article, The Global Problem of Gender Inequality, the author writes of the root and issues that gender inequality cause on the economy, society and people themselves. Kamrany and Robinson wrote: “The evidence of gender discrimination is rooted in history, tradition and culture. Gender inequality is a highly debilitating stigma and leads to detriments of women’s psychology of their worth and dignity to themselves and to society”. The authors point out that the only true solution to gender inequality would be to dismantle the cultural tradition of society. In a country that claims to have equality for all and treat everyone with fairness, there is a deep rooted call for inequality, which according to the article, affects people mentally and causes damage. Women already earn far less than men for doing the same job and It is clear that gender equality was not prevalent throughout this series. Ashe, a qualified investigator without doubt, being treated with disdain and unimportance. While, in the same breathe, her partner, an African American male, does not receive the same treatment. It becomes safe to assume that the way Ashe gets treated by the police force in Gate Station is based on the fact that she is a woman, more so than her being African American. Persistently, she is blackmailed about her custody battle for her young daughter, Kai, by Lieutenant Breeland. In spite of her superior status to the cops in the town, Ashe gets treated quite disrespectfully and given a lot of grief outwardly, because of her
Hopkins never used the HeLa cells in a commercial venture. Hopkins never sought, nor realized, any money from the development, distribution …show more content…
In the Huffington Post article, The Global Problem of Gender Inequality, the author writes of the root and issues that gender inequality cause on the economy, society and people themselves. Kamrany and Robinson wrote: “The evidence of gender discrimination is rooted in history, tradition and culture. Gender inequality is a highly debilitating stigma and leads to detriments of women’s psychology of their worth and dignity to themselves and to society”. The authors point out that the only true solution to gender inequality would be to dismantle the cultural tradition of society. In a country that claims to have equality for all and treat everyone with fairness, there is a deep rooted call for inequality, which according to the article, affects people mentally and causes damage. Women already earn far less than men for doing the same job and It is clear that gender equality was not prevalent throughout this series. Ashe, a qualified investigator without doubt, being treated with disdain and unimportance. While, in the same breathe, her partner, an African American male, does not receive the same treatment. It becomes safe to assume that the way Ashe gets treated by the police force in Gate Station is based on the fact that she is a woman, more so than her being African American. Persistently, she is blackmailed about her custody battle for her young daughter, Kai, by Lieutenant Breeland. In spite of her superior status to the cops in the town, Ashe gets treated quite disrespectfully and given a lot of grief outwardly, because of her