The Tuskegee Study

While during the study which was in 1946 the U.S. government was the one who ordered the public health servers to have black men left untreated to distinguish the effect of syphilis on white and black people. The discovery of penicillin as a medication for syphilis was made in 1942 yet, the study was to be continued as they were commanded to complete the study until they have a strong evidence to prove that black men and whit men did not differ when it comes to disease affecting them. The U.S. government were the one who were not willing to pay the expenses for the treatment of syphilis and the four hundred twelve black men were neglected. They were neglected for the treatment that they should be getting even after the discovery that it cures …show more content…
The congress did not had enough budget to provide treatment and the time period for when they will get medications extended from about six months to ten years. This clearly proves that justice at that time lapse was only for White as they would not have been treated the same way as how those Black men were treated. The Tuskegee study group was never intended to receive treatment money from the government whereas, the government were waiting for autopsy of all the men, which they believed would be the end point to declare that there is nor difference between White men and Black men when it comes to disease distressing them. The U.S. government had changed their “justice” by declaring that the study was “outrageous” and “intolerable”.( Miss Evers' Boys). The U.S. government had changed their ethical meaning of the word “justice” indicating that it applies to each and everyone of us no matter what our race, ethnicity, background identified us as.