In medical apartheid The dark history of medical experimentation on black Americans from the colonial period to the present Washington presents an argument for scientific racism by doctors who leads to “behavioral fallout that causes researchers and African Americans to look at each other with jaundiced eyes” (Washington 2006) and that “the culture of American medicine has mirrored the broader culture” (Washington 2006). Doctors used experimental on people of color and used their findings to justify and perpetuate the inequalities that existed during slavery. framework used to present this idea is scientific racism is the use of scientific techniques and hypotheses to support the belief in racism and racial inferiority or superiority. Doctors explain that blacks were “knee-fed” (Washington 2006) and were immune to the harsh conditions of South American climates. The doctors use whatever reason they wanted to justify the black man's position. They even went far enough to incorporate biblical depictions into their explanations. Even today there is still a bias among doctors when it comes to treating and diagnosing black people. The things that kill blacks the most are preventable and treatable, Washington says. “that blacks do not die of exotic, incurable, and little-known diseases, nor of a genetic disease that affects only them, but rather of common disorders that are more often prevented and treated among whites than among blacks” (Washington 2006). The most obvious experiment that demonstrates this statement to be true is the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, sponsored by the United States government. In this famous experiment, the black man was infected with the bacterium that causes syphilis. This… middle of paper… typhoid racism. From this plethora of evidence, I can see how iatrophobia among black people is possible. community. The author's point is that scientific racism has caused iatrophobia in blacks. It refers to the fact that medical communities are also influenced by the structure of the larger society, so these experiments are not seen as atrocious or inhumane. This information is all revealed in the introduction. The author tells it from a moral point of view. The social construct determines whether a particular event is seen as good or bad. At the time, experiments on people were considered acceptable, but if they had been performed they would have been extremely taboo. The government even participated in human experiments to demonstrate how good it was back then. In conclusion, I am convinced that these prejudices in the scientific community are what led blacks to still be afraid of doctors today.