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Google search images on inventor defaults to only showing one white one in first image list.
2020-06-15
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This is getting to be trite 3 year old behavior.

Posted by:3dc

#8  knowing Google, they probably weighted the search term 'American' to skew to any non-white person, because horror of horrors you'd never want a white face staring back at you when you think of America
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136   2020-06-15 07:16  

#7  A great group of people for Black America to emulate. Doubtful but we can hope.
Posted by: Dacama    2020-06-15 07:04  

#6   I'm quite happy to claim George Washington Carver, Garrett Morgan, C. J. Walker, and the others as fellow citizens.

George Washington Carver was one of my heroes growing up as a little science nerd. To me, he wasn't so much a black guy, but somebody who invented some cool stuff. Race is pretty much the least interesting thing about a person.
Posted by: SteveS   2020-06-15 01:55  

#5  Alexander Graham Bell was also white (born in Scotland), so that's two inventors actually. And while I get the point being made, I'm quite happy to claim George Washington Carver, Garrett Morgan, C. J. Walker, and the others as fellow citizens. A quick glance at Wikipedia shows them to be accomplished, self-made people who overcame great obstacles to obtain wealth and success in business. What could be more American than that?
Posted by: Secret Master   2020-06-15 01:31  

#4  Broderick Crawford would never get that Hollywood teevee cop job today.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-06-15 00:41  

#3   And now here's a "conservative" Free Market Ho to explain why this is all actually good.

Where, charger?
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-06-15 00:39  

#2  Between this and the stories about Wiki and Youtube shenanigans, it's as if a memo went out.

There's obviously a CodebroList.

And now here's a "conservative" Free Market Ho to explain why this is all actually good.
Posted by: charger   2020-06-15 00:31  

#1  I dropped the searches in the google app (I use DuckDuckGo for everyday), and the results are back to normal. If this is consistent for others here, they must have backed off when it was noticed.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-06-15 00:23  

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