He must not have been paying attention to the Reverend Jeremiah Alvesta Wright, Jr. during the twenty-odd years he was a member of the Trinity United Church.
America’s chickens are coming home to roost.
The government lied about Pearl Harbor
They purposely infected African American men with syphilis. (Not true, they used black men who already had syphilis as a control group. Bad enough, granted.)
No, no, no, not God Bless America. God damn America — that’s in the Bible
That isn't quite the case. The medical staff thought they were helping these men who were being studied.
The true ethical lapse came when it was discovered that penicillin would cure the men, and the study director made the decision to withhold the treatment in order to keep the study going.
It is because of many ethical lapses like this (I've read others that are truly hair-raising) that we now have the independent review board system to oversee human studies. Animal studies must also be reviewed for adherence to ethical and humane practices before they can be approved.