Topics: African Studies, Civil Engineering, Civilization, Diaspora, History A personal note: I am mandated to drive into my office daily, which for me is a one-hour and ten-minute commute if the traffic is optimal. Two of my colleagues opted to separate from government service as their commutes were two hours for one and two andContinue reading “The Audacity of Arrogance…”
Category Archives: Diaspora
Dr. George Washington Carver…
Image source: Tuskegee University (link below), and The Jessup Wagon: Rooted in History, Still Used Today, Alabama A&M & Auburn Universities, Wendi Williams Topics: African Americans, Agriculture, Black History Month, Botany, Civics, Civil Rights, Diaspora, Diversity in Science As a botany and agriculture teacher to the children of ex-slaves, Dr. George Washington Carver wanted toContinue reading “Dr. George Washington Carver…”
Dr. Alexa Irene Canady…
Topics: African Americans, Black History Month, Civics, Civil Rights, Diaspora, Diversity in Science, Women in Science Dr. Alexa Canady was the first African American woman in the United States to become a neurosurgeon. I attended a summer program for minority students at the University of Michigan after my junior year. I worked in Dr. Bloom’sContinue reading “Dr. Alexa Irene Canady…”
Dr. Patricia Bath…
Topics: African Americans, Black History Month, Civics, Civil Rights, Diaspora, Diversity in Science, Women in Science Patricia BathLaserphaco Cataract Surgery U.S. Patent No. 4,744,360Inducted in 2022Born Nov. 4, 1942 – Died May 30, 2019Dr. Patricia Bath invented Laserphaco, a new device and technique for removing cataracts. It performed all the steps of cataract removal: makingContinue reading “Dr. Patricia Bath…”
Amber, Candi, and Eugenics…
Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Diaspora, Existentialism, Fascism Eugenics is the scientifically inaccurate theory that humans can be improved through selective breeding of populations. Eugenicists believed in a prejudiced and incorrect understanding of Mendelian genetics, which claimed abstract human qualities (e.g., intelligence, and social behaviors) were inherited in a simple fashion. Similarly, they believedContinue reading “Amber, Candi, and Eugenics…”
Black History Month…
Topics: African Americans, Diaspora, Diversity in Science, Women in Science Former First Lady, Secretary of State, and Presidential Candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said “women’s rights are human rights.” Comparatively, Black History is American History. The insurrection at the Capitol wasn’t just white privilege on-steroids, it was ignorance writ large. Not that the information isn’t inContinue reading “Black History Month…”
Physics and Nano 