AdvertisementStop Blaming Tuskegee, Critics Say. It's Not An 'Excuse' For Current Medical RacismMarch 23, 2021April DemboskyfacebookEmailMaxine Toler, who lives near Los Angeles, has been asking neighbors why they do or do not want the vaccine. But it's the health inequities of today, not the infamous "Tuskegee Study," that Toler hears about when she talks to Black friends and neighbors about the COVID-19 vaccine. (Heidi de Marco / KHN)