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Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !
I'm still not up to Black History! I'm still working through white US history. Bear with me! Almost there!
Q: Why does it seem like everything has to be woke now? Even our scientists?! It never used to be that way! Why does it seem like these days, even higher education has to think about race, when it didn't before?
A: Higher education, including STEM, did think about race before. That history has just been hidden from you. Because racism.
Did you know that the first paramedics were Black Pittsburghers? The wildly successful program they were in became a model across the USA, but in Pittsburgh itself they were canned and replaced by all-white crews.
There's a whole book about it, American Sirens. https://time.com/6215072/first-paramedics-black-men-history/
#BlackHistoryMonth #medicine #paramedic #emergency #health #Pittsburgh
The Little-Known History of the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics
In "American Sirens," author Kevin Hazzard spotlights the Black men in Pittsburgh who pioneered America's modern emergency medical service.Olivia B. Waxman (Time)
I'm still not ready for Black history. Still on white US history.
Q: Why do Black folk just assume that many supporters of Trump, Reagan, Nixon, etc are racist? That doesn't seem fair. Why do 90% of Black folk vote democrat? Why aren't more Black people "free thinkers?"
A: Racism. Black US folk know about the "Southern Strategy," and what Reagan, Nixon and their advisers said about us. They know the origins of the Alt-right. Many white US folk don't.
#BlackMastodon
Don't do that.
I still haven't made it to Black history. I'm close! But I'm still on white US history. It's everywhere!
Q: Why does it seem like Black folk don't contribute much to society or science or history? Most inventions are from Europeans? Why does it seem this way? Don't cancel me!
A: Racism. The lie of white supremacy requires that we pretend that white men are the only people that ever invented anything or contributed to society.
#BlackMastodon
(Image: nedroid.com)
Richard Spikes also patented the improved automatic gear shift and the automatic brake system and the turn signal for you all to Drive Safely! #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon
I'm still not talking about Black history. I'm still talking about white US history.
Q: Why do Black kids not do well in school? Is it because their dads are uninvolved and uncaring parents? Bill Cosby and Herschel Walker told me that, and they are good and wise men that we should listen to! It's Black dads' fault! Boo Black men!
A: No. Black kids only do poorly in school *in extremely racist countries.*
#BlackMastodon
#StarTrek #BlackHistoryMonth
"Across his distinguished 33-year career, Turner authored 71 papers and was the first African American to have his research published in the prestigious journal Science."
His simple but elegant experiments in public parks revolutionized understanding of bees.
https://theconversation.com/charles-henry-turner-the-little-known-black-high-school-science-teacher-who-revolutionized-the-study-of-insect-behavior-in-the-early-20th-century-184030
#BlackHistory #BlackFriday #BlackHistoryMonth #Science
📷 Charles I. Abramson, CC BY-ND
Charles Henry Turner: The little-known Black high school science teacher who revolutionized the study of insect behavior in the early 20th century
The son of a formerly enslaved mother, Charles Henry Turner was the first to discover that bees and other insects have the ability to modify their behavior based on experience.The Conversation
You know the drill by now. I don't like talking about Black history. Americans know Black history. I want to talk about white American history. In other words, racism, and the erasure of both positive achievements of, and injustices suffered by, non-white people. That's what people don't know.
Try this: Ask your white US friends what the statue of liberty celebrates.
Now ask your Black friends. Or French folk of any color.
#BlackMastodon
you could actually send your money to me, a a poor Black that continues to exist in this fucking hellscape
Also it's my birthday this month and along with it being Black History Month, my power is doubled
(plus i need to buy me a new tablet so i can do art and i need to eat and i wanna get me something nice)
Ok thaaaaaaaaanks.
http://cash.me/$melaninpony
http://paypal.me/melaninpony
(people like hashtags right?)
#transcrowdfund #blackhistorymonth
Oh it’s #WomenInScienceDay ? AND #BlackHistoryMonth ???? SAY LESS.
Follow these BOMB Black women scientists! (And add more bc this isn’t all of us !!!!!!)
@astronaia - Electric propulsion!!!
Sanitary pads were developed by a Black woman named Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner of Monroe, NC.
The first company that showed interest rejected it because of racial discrimination. It was later accepted in 1956, 30 years later.
Mary received five patents. #BlackHistoryMonth
