on one hand, maybe. but hopefully this could be educational, and put this injection fad in context to young black girls, specifically. Saraa Barttmans story should be told.
Look at what these sick neanderthals did
She died on 29 December 1815 of an undetermined
[45] inflammatory ailment, possibly
smallpox,
[46][47] while other sources suggest she contracted
syphilis,
[3] or
pneumonia. A dissection was conducted, and published by French anatomist
Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1816, and republished by French naturalist
Georges Cuvier in the
Memoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in 1817. Cuvier, who had met Baartman, notes in his
monograph that its subject was an intelligent woman with an excellent memory, particularly for faces. In addition to her native tongue, she spoke fluent Dutch, passable English, and a smattering of French. He describes her shoulders and back as "graceful", arms "slender", hands and feet as "charming" and "pretty". He adds she was adept at playing the
jew's harp,
[48] could dance according to the traditions of her country, and had a lively personality.
[49] Despite this, he interpreted her remains, in accordance with his theories on racial evolution, as evidencing ape-like traits. He thought her small ears were similar to those of an
orangutan and also compared her vivacity, when alive, to the quickness of a monkey.
[5] Her
skeleton, preserved
genitals and
brain were placed on display in Paris'
Musée de l'Homme[50] until 1974, when they were removed from public view and stored out of sight; a cast was still shown
[51] for the following two years.