groovian-whovian:

spinningrims:

i’m seeing a lot of people reblogging suicide hotlines and this is just a reminder that this is a suicide help line that works like a text-based instant messenger for people who may need to talk to someone but have trouble/are uncomfortable making phone calls

Never don’t reblog this.
There are so many people who have such bad anxiety about phone calls.
This can save so many lives

divanoid:

reverseracism:

yellow—ranger:

do not let white academia fool you into thinking that

• the greatest authors that were and ever will be are white men
• every great philosopher came out of europe
• mathematics and science were at their highest point when used by white men
• the most beautiful city in the world is paris
• colonialism was a golden age
• europe is the pinnacle of civilization

Sources timmmme.

Some Written Works (That Aren’t By White Dudes)

• Iola Leroy (about a biracial Black woman in the antebellum South) - Frances E.W. Harper, who was one of the first published Black authoresses

• Black Feminist Thought - Patricia Hill Collins: bad-ass feminist, amazing writer

• The Space Traders (a very relevant short about Black life/value in less-than-utopian America) - Derrick Bell, Black sci-fi author

• The Conference of the Birds - Farid ud-Din Uttar, Persian Sufi poet

• Thiruppavai (Tamil Vaishnava verses by the 12 Alvars, or poet-saints) - Andal, the only woman among them. These are still recited in South India during Margazhi

• The Other Side of Paradise (memoir of) - Staceyann Chin, whose identity as Black-Chinese and lesbian in Jamaica is definitely worth reading about

• Brown Girl in the Ring (post-apocalyptic Toronto WHERE PoC survive, featuring voudoun!) - Nalo Hopkinson; check it all out

• The Tale of Genji (Heian literature describing court life in feudal Japan) - Murasaki Shikibu, an 11th century noblewoman who was boss as fuck

• The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison, Black American novelist, Peace Prize winner and quality human being

• Ninth Ward (children’s novel of Katrina through a black girl’s perspective) - Jewell Parker Rhodes

• The Island of a Thousand Mirrors (about two families caught in the Tamil-Sinhala divide, based on her experience during the civil war) - Nayomi Munaweera, Sri Lankan author. VERY AMAZE.

Philosophers

• Frantz Fanon, Caribbean philosopher/revolutionary who dedicated much time to decrying colonization, fighting oppression and telling white folks OFF; works include Black Skins, White Masks, Wretched of the Earth, and National Culture and the Fight for Freedom

• En Hedu'ana, Sumerian en-priestess whose poetry composed one of the first written belief systems; also an accomplished astronomer

• Paulin Hountondji, Beninese philosopher known for his work African Philosophy: Myth and Reality on ethnophilosophy, the monolithic view of African consciousness/thought and identity post-colonialism. Check out his review Knowledge of Africa, Knowledge by Africans

• Ban Zhou, 1st-century Chinese historian, author (Lessons for Women, co-published The Book of Han)  and court advisor who advocated for domestic equality and women’s education. Her Confucian ideals were present in most written works

• Kathryn T. Gines, Black philosopher who’s tenacious in her exploration of African/Continental philosophy, intersectionality, racism, and feminism; founder of the Collegium of Black Women Philosophers

Playwrights

• Zitkala-Sa, Native (Sioux) author (Old Indian Legends, American Indian Stories), musician and activist who co-wrote The Sun Dance in 1913, an opera which showcased her knowledge of Ute and Sioux harmonies and composition. It was the first of its kind, featuring many indigenous performers

• Yukio Mishima, Japanese author famous for Confessions of a Mask; also genius playwright who created Five Modern Noh Plays

• Lorraine Hansberry, Black (queer) playwright whose works SHOULD be acclaimed the world over (A Raisin in the Sun, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window)

Mathematicians/Scientists/Innovators

• Muhammad Musa al-Khwarizmi (origin of ‘algorithm’), 8th-century Persian scholar, creator of algebra and pioneer of the quadratic equation; one of the first to use zero as a placeholder, his research brought Hindu-Arabic numerals and decimals into the West

• Banu Musa [Ahmad, Muhammad and Hasan], a trio of Persian brothers/mechanics/mathematicians who wrote The Book of Ingenious Devices in 850: an illustrated guide on more than 100 tools and their use (from early feedback controllers to valves and float chambers; steampunk gods, I say)

• 15th century Korea - first “turtleboats”

• Garrett Morgan, Black inventor credited for the first traffic signal and patented gas mask in the ‘20’s

• Sarah E. Goode, inventor and the first Black woman to earn a U.S. patent, for the folding cabinet bed so prominent in the late 1800’s and early-mid 1900’s

• Madam C.J. Walker, Black entrepreneur and inventor famously known for her scalp conditioners, hair growth and beauty products; first woman millionaire in America (YAAAS)

• Mary Kenner, creative Black patenter whose contributions range from the toilet-tissue holder to the sanitary belt (thank youuu!!)

• Marie Van Brittan Brown, Black inventor of the closed circuit TV security patent (basis for modern surveillance, traffic control)

• Philip Emeagwali, Nigerian scientist/inventor that innovated a supercomputer for petroleum fields analysis

• Ileana Sanchez, Boricua graphics designer/innovator responsible for Techno Braille (on paper using epoxy)

• 7th century India - invention of chess

• Gebisa Ejeta, Ethiopian geneticist/agriculturist who invented the first drought-tolerant sorghum hybrid in Sudan; is now on the  Board for International Food and Agricultural Development

• Benjamin Banneker, Black astronomer and mathematician who made America’s first functioning clock, y'all

• David Unaipon, famous Aboriginal preacher/inventor who provided basis for modern shears and the centrifugal motor

• 12th century China - first magnetic compass

• Ellen Ochoa, Chicana scientist who invented optical analysis systems and was the world’s first Latina astronaut

• Prafulla Chandra Ray, Indian chemist and entrepreneur who made first chemical factory in the country FROM HIS HOUSE; founded Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works

• Sandrine Mubenga, Congolese engineer working on solar-powered villages and fuel-cell hybrid car (women in STEM!)

• John B. Herrington, first Native (Chickasaw) astronaut in space

• Shirley Jackson, kick-ass Black physicist, inventor and president at Rensselaer Polytechnic. She can be credited for the touch-tone telephone, the portable fax, and caller ID

• Tony Hansberry, the youngest on this list; his innovation on endo switches drastically cut the performance time for hysterectomies (open-heart surgery).

So…what’s up, white academia? Where’s the accolades for them?