"The US medical system is still haunted by slavery" -- Vox, 2017, 8:49 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfYRzxeMdGs
Black women's history matters in medicine. Many experiments were conducted on the most vulnerable of populations-- slaves, people dependent on state aid, and prisoners for example. If we blind ourselves to these injustices by removing race from the discussion, we're more likely to commit similar atrocities in the future.