MS EVERS BOYS

When I first saw the title Ms Evers Boys I had no idea what what the play would be about, but I love theater so i decided to go (and it was required). When I received the program and found out it was about the Tuskegee Study I was instantly intrigued. It was very ironic because I was just talking to my step mom about the study. We both were under the assumption that the men in the study did not have syphilis or "bad blood" and that they were given it. However from watching the play I learned that some of the men did intact have bad blood. I also learned that the study was initially supposed to help blacks with syphilis. I did not know these things I was under the assumption that these men were complete lab rats and they were given this drug and never told. These men were lab rats but at least it started off as a positive experiment, i guess. The play was over all very sad, and what made it more upsetting is that its all true. I think its crazy that they would use these men as test subjects not just their bodies, but their lives. Their lives were in the hands of complete strangers and they abused their power for so many years. The biggest problem I have with the whole situation is that they had the chance to right their wrong and they refused to. That is CRAZY!