Not a peep if it had been a white male.
Exactly. The only thing the woman ever did was die. Because of her skin color they have turned it into a big whoop. I'm surprised that they haven't awarded her a Nobel Prize.
Objectively the medical services in the 1940s through the 1990s for blacks (and the poor/destitute) needing treatment could be very bad.
A key part of the Henrietta Lacks story is that informed consent was not received from Henrietta for the use of her samples. Yep, INFORMED CONSENT is at the heart of the angsty weeping and self flagellation about the treatment of Henrietta Lacks.