medical racism
Chadwick Boseman’s legacy and what his death shows about medical racism and ableism
Arts September 8, 2020By: Harvin Bhathal, Features Editor In an interview with the Huffington Post in 2017, Chadwick Boseman was asked if he bulked up, slimmed down, and bulked up again having finished on Captain America: Civil War, Marshall, and then Black Panther. He nodded his head, looking visibly exhausted. The interviewer said, “You’ve been through the wringer.” Boseman responded, “Oh you don’t even know [laughs]. You have no idea. One day I’ll live to tell the story.” On August 28, 2020, Chadwick Boseman passed away from Stage IV colon cancer before he could tell his story. But a part of his story…
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Black people are not your guinea pigs
Opinions July 25, 2020By: Idara L. Udonya, SFU student All over the world researchers, epidemiologists, and other health experts are working around the clock on a vaccine for COVID-19. The race for a vaccine, however, presents some concern considering the histories of medicine in…
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