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cindyalvarez Jan 21, 2023

This is genius Albert Einstein who refused to speak at white colleges and at the end of his life spoke exclusively at black universities
"The separation of races is not a disease of colored people but a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it.

#Einstein #Racism #Integrity #Equality

Kalle Kniivilä Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger
@HannaEsmeralda_

This is not totally accurate. More details here.

https://www.cfhu.org/news/the-little-known-einstein-an-ardent-defender-of-black-americans-against-racism/

The little-known Einstein: An ardent defender of black Americans against racism - The Canadian Friends of Hebrew University

Recently resurfaced photos highlight what’s often overlooked in the storied legacy of Hebrew University co-founder...

The Canadian Friends of Hebrew University

Hanna Jan 20, 2023

@kallekn @AriaaJaeger *cancelling the boost*

✅Jan 20, 2023

@HannaEsmeralda_ @kallekn Don't care

Hanna Jan 20, 2023

@kallekn @AriaaJaeger Tulitko Kalle sinäkin blokatuksi, kun korjasit virheellistä tietoa? Itse näemmä tulin, kun kerroin sen takia peruvani boostaukseni. Kaikenlaisia persoonia sitä maailma päällään kantaa.

Kalle Kniivilä Jan 20, 2023

@HannaEsmeralda_ Tietääkseni en. Mutta vastaus puhuu kyllä puolestaan. "Don't care"...

Christian Jan 20, 2023

@kallekn @HannaEsmeralda_ Thanks for pointing it out! Seems like she made part of it up on purpose just to get more shares.

Generating and spreading missinformations ... that's how it works.

Jofish5000 Jan 20, 2023

@HannaEsmeralda_ @kallekn @AriaaJaeger I’m not sure why you’d cancel the boost but if you read the article the only difference between what she posted & the article is that Einstein actually wasn’t giving speeches to any universities but “In May 1946, Einstein defied the prevailing racial climate at the time to visit Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, the first degree-granting black college in the US.” Making it a very precedent act in his time.

Kristine Jan 20, 2023

@Jofish5000 @HannaEsmeralda_ @kallekn @AriaaJaeger I Lived in Lincoln University PA. Once visited the college and learned about Einstein’s- it was sointeresting at the time. Appreciate the extra context.

Yahia Lababidi Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger Thank you, Ariaa, for sharing this beauty 👏🏽

One more reason to love him!

OldeHippi 🦋🎨🙏🌺Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger Yet, his attitude toward his wife... not so good

my display name Jan 20, 2023

@OldeHippi @AriaaJaeger same, while this is commendable behaviour i can't hear about albert einstein and not also remember how he was sort of a crap person in private life... i mean i suppose it makes sence, people are complex, but learning about mileva maric it brushed off me so wrong i'll never look at einstein the same way again 😣

Domando Al Lobo 🐺Jan 20, 2023

@dangit @OldeHippi @AriaaJaeger same. All men in the picture. OK, those years... but the treat to her first wife and Mileva Marić wasn't loable. We are all complex, I guess

OldeHippi 🦋🎨🙏🌺Jan 20, 2023

@dangit @AriaaJaeger

He should have given her credit! She was brilliant!!

quixote Jan 21, 2023

@OldeHippi @AriaaJaeger Related: glad to see him working against racism. I wonder whether he noticed that he was speaking only to men? (Judging by the photo.)

Yahia Lababidi Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger Perhaps, this #film #review might interest you:

The Roar of the Wronged :
https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/culture/roar-wronged-aravind-adigas-white-tiger-yahia-lababidi #racism #activism #blm

The Roar of the Wronged: Aravind Adiga’s White Tiger, by Yahia Lababidi

After watching White Tiger, Yahia Lababidi contemplates the film alongside revolution in Egypt, Black Lives Matter protests, the film Parasite, and literary “complicated works of conscience.”

World Literature Today

Kevin Russell Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2007/04/albert-einstein-civil-rights-activist/

Albert Einstein, Civil Rights activist

Einstein’s response to the racism and segregation he found in Princeton was to cultivate relationships in the town’s African-American community. Jerome and Taylor interviewed members of that community who still remember the white-haired, disheveled figure of Einstein strolling through their streets, stopping to chat with the inhabitants, and handing out candy to local children.

Harvard Gazette

Diane Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger Friday share👍🏾

sOlOw-NH Jan 20, 2023

Desantis: Ban teaching about Einstein!

Jofish5000 Jan 20, 2023

@solownh @AriaaJaeger oh geesh, don’t give him any ideas!

Norman Wilson Jan 20, 2023

@solownh @AriaaJaeger Desantis: ban relativity from our schools! Make Physics Great Again!

Stargeezer Smith Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger
I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for the illumination.

Doug Bostrom Jan 20, 2023

@stargazersmith @AriaaJaeger

Yeah, me too. Ditto thanks.

Todd Gatts Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger
Well isn't that interesting. = )

tommy Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger is there a source? would be happy to read something from a valuable source. there are many myths w.r.t. Einstein

Jofish5000 Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger thank you for posting this! Your comment wasn’t 100% accurate but anyone curious enough would do the research to find out more! My absolute favorite is finding that around the 1920s Einstein’s private diaries would (in today’s time) label him as a xenophobe. Not only was he an intelligent physicist, but he was able to grow & gain an understanding of social injustices throughout his life. What a remarkable man.

Domando Al Lobo 🐺Jan 20, 2023

@Jofish5000 @AriaaJaeger not the same with women.

Sandeep Kumar Verma Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger Blessed to have lived with such, now rare breed of, Brahmin people in India in my childhood till grown up age. Their mentoring is behind what i am today.

Julia T Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger Yup! Definitely a genius!!

EricGeneric Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger damit. I‘m really pissed of the universe that I never meet Einstein. What a great dude!

VHG 🇪🇺🇺🇦Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger das wusste ich noch nicht über Einstein. Toll

Drooling Fan Girl Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger Thank you for posting this info.

SpaceHistory, etc Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger - Not sure whether you know about this film. It likely helps explain some of Einstein’s thinking in making this decision (not the film itself, but the subject matter). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Swastika_to_Jim_Crow

From Swastika to Jim Crow - Wikipedia

SpaceHistory, etc Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger : And on the other end of the spectrum, there is this German expat who also became a Civil Rights activist. Wernher Von Braun was seen as the only person the US Government had in Alabama who was popular enough to stand up to George Wallace.

elizabeth veldon Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger gosh, i only learned this today.

Kyote Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger Did not know this at all, wow😮🙏🏾

bman Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger can you help me find a citation for Einstein's refusal to speak at white colleges? I can find only that he had stopped accepting invitations to speak at universities bc of his health but chose to speak @ Lincoln to lead by example.

Yingtai Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger #alt4you Einstein at blackboard in a classroom with young black men in suits.

coolcat Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger Interesting. Is there a source for that?

Politikinteressierter

@AriaaJaeger Image describtion: Albert Einstein at a black university, standing next to the chalkboard, in the background some black students.

Gwladys Pendlebury Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger Einstein was a socialist.

MugsysRapSheet Blog ☑️Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger Slight correction. The photo is of Einstein teaching at Lincoln University, an all-black college, in 1948.

He was offered a number of professorships across the country but turned them all down... except for Lincoln (where he taught as a visiting professor for one day.)

GATEKEEPER Jan 20, 2023

skua Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger
Thanks for sharing this.
I see I know very little about Albert Einstein.
And wonder how that came about.
Were his views on racism hidden by the press?

Coming Up Violets!Jan 20, 2023

@AriaaJaeger Thank you for posting this. I did not know this about him!!

Author-ized L.J.Jan 21, 2023

@AriaaJaeger I mean, Einstein was a Jewish guy born in Germany. The Nazis openly used U.S. racial segregation & repression as benchmarks and justifications for their genocidal policies. He knew it was all connected.

Vic Guerrero Jan 21, 2023

@AriaaJaeger great information…thanks

Rob Burke Jan 21, 2023

@AriaaJaeger Great post. Thanks.

GREENHORSE Jan 21, 2023

@AriaaJaeger I did not know this.

Statmonkey 🙊Jan 21, 2023

@AriaaJaeger TIL

Jayson Massey Jan 21, 2023

@AriaaJaeger This fact check is amazing! Learned so much!

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/einstein-at-lincoln/

Albert Einstein, Civil Rights Activist

Rumor: Albert Einstein once said that segregation was a 'disease of white people.'

Snopes

phryk 🏴Jan 21, 2023

@AriaaJaeger *looks at his wikipedia article*

"When Einstein offered to be a character witness for Du Bois, the judge decided to drop the case."

Didn't know Einstein was so damn based.

MonsieurPoopyHead Jan 21, 2023

@AriaaJaeger
Best post of the day.
(I don’t say “toot” as it makes me giggle like a 12 year old, but then again, what doesn’t?)

Eric Gril Jan 21, 2023

@AriaaJaeger
Crazy! Totally new info, thanks

Toni Aittoniemi Jan 21, 2023

@AriaaJaeger Albert Einstein was woke. What are you gonna do about it, snowflake? 🤣

Azarilhⓥ Jan 21, 2023

@AriaaJaeger So he fought racism with racism? Doesn't sound genius to me.
But i feel like this is non sense.