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

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

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politics @lemmy.world · 11 months ago

As the first Black woman to earn tenure in particle theory or cosmology theory, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is breaking barriers in physics while achieving her lofty childhood dreams.

And, at the risk of crossing subLemmy boundaries, here’s Mekka Okereke (@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io) 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

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/110793385293203842

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