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Henrietta's Tale Argumentative Essay

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1. Scientists never found what makes Henrietta's cancerous cells different from other cells. 2. Her story is not important in the terms of how the cells were used, because it has no impact on it. However her story is a reminder about how people of color used to be treated and that we should remember so it does not happen again. 3. Henrietta's story is an example of people getting taken advantage of because of how she and other colored people had to go to a different part of the hospital, and probably did not get to see the best doctors that the hospital had to offer. 4. The groups of people that are most at risk to be taken advantage of are the people that do not take the time to inform themselves. People that do not know about a certain

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