jocanibJul 30, 2023

Fewer than 20 Black women physicists in the U.S. have earned tenure. This scholar just joined the club.

https://lemmy.world/post/2383562

Fewer than 20 Black women physicists in the U.S. have earned tenure. This scholar just joined the club. - Lemmy.world

And, at the risk of crossing subLemmy boundaries, here’s Mekka Okereke (@[email protected]) on that achievement, and Mastadon’s loss: And when she tried to join the Fediverse, she was greeted with a barrage of hate, sexism, racism, and anti-semitism that should have never been allowed to happen. So now no one on Fediverse gets to interact with her directly about her work on here. Our loss. 😢 Which is why we’ll make it so that this type of terrible welcome is unlikely to happen again. Allowing it to happen to her was a choice. We will make better ones. #BlackMastodon

Show threadHazdazJul 30, 2023
One of the public’s most beloved physicist is Neil DeGrasse Tyson -, so I find it rather interesting to say the least, when people claim that some other black physicists was met with a ton of hate. Makes no sense. So they readily accept someone like NGT but this other person is where they draw the line?!?
Show threadParalda
I’m sure being a woman has a nonzero percent chance to do with it
Jul 30, 2023 at 10:58pmWeb
Show threadHazdazJul 30, 2023
I work in STEM. I love to see more women in it.