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    Area of Science:

    • Rhetorical studies
    • Medical ethics
    • Sociology of science

    Background:

    • Systemic racism, sexism, and classism in the US have historically led to rhetorical dehumanization.
    • Medical exploitation, exemplified by the Henrietta Lacks and Tuskegee Syphilis Study cases, highlights ethical concerns in scientific research.
    • The genre of scientific writing, prioritizing objectivity, may inadvertently downplay patient suffering and mortality.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate rhetorical dehumanization in the US within the context of systemic racism, sexism, and classism.
    • To analyze medical journal articles concerning Henrietta Lacks and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study through a rhetorical lens.
    • To demonstrate how scientific writing's emphasis on neutrality can obscure ethical concerns and exploitation.

    Main Methods:

    • Rhetorical analysis of medical journal articles related to landmark cases of medical exploitation.
    • Comparative analysis contrasting scientific writing with more humanistic texts, such as Christina Sharpe's 'In the Wake: On Blackness and Being.'

    Main Results:

    • Scientific writing's objective and neutral tone can mitigate concerns regarding the suffering and mortality of Black Americans.
    • The emphasis on scientific advancement in medical literature has historically overlooked instances of exploitation.
    • The genre conventions of scientific writing can obscure the human cost of research.

    Conclusions:

    • Rhetorical strategies within scientific writing can perpetuate dehumanization and mask exploitation.
    • A critical examination of scientific discourse is necessary to address systemic inequities.
    • Humanistic approaches, like those in Sharpe's work, offer vital counterpoints to objective scientific narratives, centering the experiences of marginalized individuals.