[p4k] Author behind book behind CONSENT! sings GK's praises
Two years ago, the youth in our Playing 4 Keeps program created CONSENT!, a game about medical racism against African American male prisoners. It was based on a chapter from Harriet Washington's remarkable Medical Apartheid.
We tracked her down to tell her about the game and she wrote us this lovely note below, which she gave us permission to reprint here:
From: "Harriet Washington"
Subject: Re: CONSENT!I was happy to hear from you. As it happens I had already seen CONSENT! ( I get alerts on some web entries that mention the titles of my books) and was really impressed. I'm very happy that young people understood the issues so well and am just blown away by their creativity. They- and you- are to be commended for pursuing what's really important in such a smart and innovative manner.
I love your program's focus on global issues by the way. I feel I profited by spending part of my childhood living abroad and I like to think that our period of cultural isolationism is coming to an end, so these kids will need information in a global context, languages etc. My schedule is way overbooked now, but let me know if I can help in the future.
When I see achievements like CONSENT! I feel that the future is in good hands.
Warmly,
Harriet[Harriet Washington] has unearthed an enormous amount of shocking information and shaped it into a riveting, carefully documented book.
The New York Times
2007 PEN Oakland Award, nonfiction; 2007 BCALA Award, nonfiction; 2007 Myers Award
2007 National Book Critics' Circle Award, Nonfiction
www.medicalapartheid.com
