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Second chances to women leaving prison #Mastodon #Fediverse #BlackMasodon #Blackvoices #BlackFediverse
#Culture #SocialIssues https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-incarcerated-person-illinois-first-lady-mk-pritzker-prison-reform/

I’m working on a grant for a #crossgenerational #colearning project involving #bipoc youth and I’m issuing the following challenge: Tell me about a time when you learned something new and exciting from a young, BIPOC, person or student. What was it? How did they teach you? #blacksinstem #stem #stemm #steam #blacksinscience #blackmasodon #physics #astrophysics #heliophysics #hamsci

"Jack Daniel’s stands as one of the most iconic American brands & most popular spirits in the world. Yet while the whiskey & its eponymous founder have become dominant names in American liquor lore, the person perhaps most responsible for its success—an enslaved man named Nathan “Nearest” Green, who taught Jack Daniel the art of whiskey distillation—went unacknowledged for more than 150 years".

#BlackMasodon #History #BlackTwitter #BlackHistory #Whiskey #USA #histodon

https://www.history.com/news/jack-daniels-enslaved-distiller-nathan-nearest-green

Black and white photo of Nathan (aka Green) with other distillery workers.

Do you think the famous Albert #Einstein was a racist although he spoke out against US #discrimination blasting segregation as "a disease of white people"? OR although the espec. racist #Chinese observations in his Diaries (1922-1923) "are appalling, they shouldn't be surprising.They reveal, he wasn't immune from some of the #prejudices & stereotypes of his time. If we require our heroes to be saints, we won't have many ppl to admire"
#BlackMasodon #AsianMastodon #racism