Blog 2

The Tuskegee study was about a study from 1932-1972 about the signs of syphilis in black males. They wanted to see if the black males had the same symptoms as white males. They lied and decieved the black population by telling them that they were getting treated when all they were recieving was vitamins. The apology by President Clinton was about what we have learned about the Tuskegee study which was how immoral and racist the study was. It is appolgizing for all the ways the US Government let down the black community in Macon County. It talks about how the government is to protect it's people which it failed to do for the people involved in the Tuskegee study. My reaction to the study is why did it take so long to apologize. I just find it hard that it took 25 years to finally admit to doing something as terrible as what happened in the Tuskegee study. I believe that inaugurating the first black president really helps gain back some of the trust that we lost in the black community. I think it helps the people from the study see that the US is changing and that everybody is equal. It helps to show that the US is changing toward equality of race and that we realize we did something wrong in Macon County and that we are sorry and we are earning the trust back from the black community.