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I can't even think of one invention from a Black-African from Africa, can anyone?
Nigerian born Dr. Philip Emeagwali first entered the limelight in 1989 when he won the prestigious Gordon Bell Prize for his work with massively parallel computers. He programmed the Connection Machine to compute a world record 3.1 billion calculations per second using 65,536 processors to simulate oil reservoirs. With over 41 inventions submitted to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
Throughout history, African Americans have invented some important and fun devices. Read about ten examples of men and women and see what they invented.Think about what kind of obstacles they may have faced, personally and professionally.
Adapted from Scholastic Action magazine, Feb 21, 2000.
Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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If this is a MESA (Math, Engineering and Science Achievement) Program it's specifically set up for minority students. At some schools all students are welcomed to participate (which is how my blonde haired, blue eyed oldest son got involved) in others non-minority students are ..........discouraged. It depends on the local system and the coordinator. Seven years lster at my son's high school the new school based coach has ..........discouraged non-minority participation. Oldest son now judges the MD state competition held at Johns Hopkins every year.
In our school all programs are open to each and every student but in reality only certain races seem to gravitate to certain programs. Things like the Science Club and Chess Club are almost all white students while the BSA (Black Students Association) is almost all blacks even though any white student may join it.
Wow. So many things are so wrong with this it's difficult to know where to begin.
I guess for all he knows he may have killed the aspirations of the kids left behind that day to be the first astronaut or scientist standing on the Planet Mars...
The Principal would be fired for poor judgment if I was the boss.
Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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The only way to make this right would be to have a field trip for all white and other races that were excluded from this one to go hear a distinguished white scientist speak to give the white students inspiration to be scientist and teachers.
^ Yup we need more Whites only trips so that White Children can hear White scientists speak about the contributions of the White race to society. Man I sound like a Nazi. Turn White to Black and it'll be okay. I'll be called a Democrat.
Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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^ Yup we need more Whites only trips so that White Children can hear White scientists speak about the contributions of the White race to society. Man I sound like a Nazi. Turn White to Black and it'll be okay. I'll be called a Democrat.
I don't think that most Democrats agree with that. I don't. But I am not really a Democrat either. I am a liberal.
In our school all programs are open to each and every student but in reality only certain races seem to gravitate to certain programs. Things like the Science Club and Chess Club are almost all white students while the BSA (Black Students Association) is almost all blacks even though any white student may join it.
Wow. So many things are so wrong with this it's difficult to know where to begin.
I guess for all he knows he may have killed the aspirations of the kids left behind that day to be the first astronaut or scientist standing on the Planet Mars...
Does this principal even have a clue that MLK fought for equality and an end to segregation???? Now this prinicpal is segregating and discriminating? Truely amazing. He should be fired for using public dollars to segregate.
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