being tortured to death, mr. corporations made a pledge, a commitment to social justice. right. many of those were pharmaceutical companies, well, i will submit henrietta lacks self equally but not greater than george floyd. so if you want to honor your commitment to social justice, then do right by henrietta lacks finally and henrietta. she has given so much to the world. how about the world try to give something to her and her family as she looks down from heaven saying, what about my family? so, the thermo scientific isn t the only company that benefitted from her cells. so many others did, including john hopkins , why did you choose to name them in the lawsuit and are more lawsuits coming? well, it was strategic with thermo fish erskinetistic initially.
however, we feel as attorney sieinger said, they won t be around longer, we feel over 200 corporations have profited over a billion dollars, tiffany, in using the healer cells that are henrietta lacks genetic makeup. it is very arguable, if you ve ever gotten a vaccine of any kind in the last 70 years, then you have a little henrietta in you, too. while, well, i am honored to have a little henrietta in me. i want you to know, the medical community has a long, extensive record of these times of experimental procedures on black people. so on another day, we ll have to talk about experiments that happened during the period of enslavement. it s frightening to see. the story is not frightening to any of us. thank you for coming on the
hey, you give me life. that s a common phrase among some of us, right? well, in the case of henrietta lacks, this statement is literal. in 19 vurngs doctors found this young mother of five had cells they never before seen. instead of dying, they doubled every 24 hours. they were extracted and using research without her consent, they have led to life saving breakthroughs and billions of profits from medical companies. now, how much of that money do you think the lacks family received? i ll give you two guesses, you only need one, zilch, that s right. the attorney and ben crump filed a lawsuit against thermo fisher of unjust enrichment from her cellles. attorney crump joins me with ron lacks the eldest grandson.