Rebecca Skloot Research Paper

“Like most young Lackses, Day didn't finish school: he stopped in the fourth grade because the family needed him to work the fields. However, Henrietta stayed until the sixth grade. During the school year, after taking care of the garden and livestock every morning, she'd walk two miles past the white school where children threw rocks and taunted her to the colored school, a three-room wooden farmhouse hidden under tall shade trees." Publishing Henrietta lacks in 1951 would not have affected anything and nothing would be different. No one would care about what that book has to say. The people would be clueless because half the things have not been invented yet, for example the HeLa bomb. In addition, nothing will change all of the Jim Crow Laws, segregation, and discrimination. No doubt that the book would not have affected anything if it were published in 1951. People has no clue what …show more content…
The HeLa bomb is an example; nobody will understand what she’s talking about. Their minds will be constantly running around in confusion. Therefore, they would probably all stop reading the book then just would not care about it at all. If this book was published during 1951, it may possibly affect things. It might have stopped Jim Crow Laws, segregation, discrimination. They could try to do some research to figure out what Rebecca Skloot is saying. Henrietta’s family could have gain some money from the HeLa cells. Therefore, they might have been able to live better. However, I still think that the book would not have affected anything in that time period. Why would the average person care about something that makes no sense to them in that time period? They would just give it away or throw it away. There would still be Jim Crows, segregation, discrimination. The book would not get has famous due to the time period and nobody will tell other people about it. Therefore, a lot people will have no