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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Diego Raga
Als je het hebt over zwarten in Afrika, ga ik deels met je mee.
Maar hoe komt het dan dat het IQ van Amerikaanse zwarten ondermaats blijft, ondanks dezelfde voeding, cultuur en onderwijs, die blanken ondergaan ?:
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Toch eens (volledig) lezen:
https://www.quora.com/Why-has-no-bla...-hard-sciences
Why has no black person, especially African, won a Nobel prize in one of the 'hard sciences'?
Herman Branson- co-inventor of the alpha helix in protein structure. Many say he should have received a Nobel prize in physics. According to him, the alpha helix was his discovery, but it was his word against the ones that actually got more recognition for it.
Charles Drew- Many say that he should have gotten a Nobel prize in Medicine. He discovered a revolutionary way to preserve plasma, this allowed the creation of blood banks everywhere, but because he was black, he was not even allowed to donate his own, as black blood would be "impure."
Percy Julian- Many agreed that he deserved an award in Chemistry. He synthesized physostigmine which was a drug used to not only improve the memory of Alzeimer's patient but also to treat glaucoma. He was the grandson of a slave and yet he was able to
synthesize progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone from the plant sterols stigmasterol and sitosterol, isolated from soybean oil by a foam technique he invented and patented.
David Blackwell- Many say he deserved a Nobel prize in Mathematics. Actually, he won the von Neumann Theory Prize in 1979. There were quite a few theorems that were named after him. One of them included the Rao-Blackwell theorem, which explains how to turn crude guesses into good estimates.
I don't know much about the Nobel Prizes, i.e. their requirements, their standards, the history, etc but I do know that there are deserving persons of each race that unfortunately do not get the award for whatever reason, that is the reality of awards.
If my tenure in the research field is any indication to how hard it is for a black person to constantly have to disprove myths and stereotypes, and constantly be underestimated and undermined than I can only imagine the struggles of persons trying to genuinely win an award in these highly competitive fields and be seen for more than just a black person but a researcher trying to make a difference.
I am not trying to find an excuse as Pale Blue so eloquently wrote, but the reality of life is many things are not that straightforward. There are always several factors affecting one situation. For instance, my laboratory in Japan has 4 persons representing their respective African countries and we all are from places where the research we are doing now cannot be performed in our home countries. This is because some of our home countries' universities can barely afford to buy additional beakers. One of my lab mates has even extended his stay twice just to be able to do more research at the request of his home university.
And no, we do not need fancy equipments to make a discovery, also I agree there should be a better program to honour the hard sciences in black communities, but unfortunately there isn't. And lately more than ever, having certain technologies available, certain funding, certain interests, the right opportunities and seeing the need for further research that directly affect your interests all have an effect on whether or not you would be able to do any significant research.
There is also a ripple effect in the fact that many black children look up to stars and athletes and see their status of fame more achievable than, let's say, getting a Nobel Prize in any sciences. There is also the fact that many black persons have the mentality of just doing enough to get by, simply because life is stressful enough and certain challenges are not "worth it," so to speak. Meaning, you go to school, to find a job that pays you enough that you may take care of your family and allow them a better life than you ever had (a sentiment that I'm sure many other races share).
Regardless of it all, I am glad that science is forging on and that people (of all races) are still working tirelessly to make new discoveries. I am also proud of the few black persons that won Nobel Prizes, and to me Peace is a great prize to receive.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Arthur_Lewis
In 1979 he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
First and (so far) only black person to win a Nobel Prize other than Peace or Literature; first West Indian to win a Nobel Prize
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... vooral nobelprijs vrede, ook literatuur, maar ook die heeft zijn waarde:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...obel_laureates