Patricia Bath

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• JoShmoe@ani.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  90s era of american television paints an interesting picture.

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• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  From her Wikipedia article:

  The device was completed in 1986 after Bath conducted research on lasers in Berlin and patented in 1988, making her the first African-American woman to receive a patent for a medical purpose.

  This bit of trivia is actually what surprised me most. “A medical purpose” is so general, and 1988 is so late by comparison.

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  • dalekcaan@feddit.nl ⁨47⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    It’s easy to forget sometimes how recent segregation still is. It reminds me of this letter from Emory university dated 1959, less than 75 years ago, denying an applicant for being “a member of the negro race.” They only apologized for it about five years ago.

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  • cybermass@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Yeah considering all the multi racial dance videos of the 90s it’s easy to forget how segregated the world still was

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    • FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml ⁨55⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Is*

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• plyth@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Bath

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Ta

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• wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨46⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  A true visionary.

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• cybermass@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Based

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• Windex007@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Are you threatening me?

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