Do you think Black people are capable of inventing ideas? If so, name several inventions for me?

Question

History is cruel when it comes to telling the stories of African Americans who have been overlooked. Tell me, who invented the refrigerator, who was the creator of the clothes dryer? And I bet you don't know who invented the elevator or even the electric lamp. When you find out... will you stop using these appliances?re from Black African Americans. electric lamp.

Well, you may not have heard of Dr. Mark Dean. And you aren't alone. Almost everything in your life has been affected by his work. See, Dr. Mark Dean is a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is in the National Hall of Inventors. He has more than 30 patents pending. He is a V.P. with IBM. Oh, yeah. And he is also the architect of the modern-day personal computer. Dr. Dean holds three of the original nine patents on the computer that all PCs are based upon. And, Dr. Mark Dean is an African American. So how can we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the IBM personal comp. w/out reading or hearing a single word about him? Given all of the pressure mass media are under about negative portrayals of African Americans on television and in print, you would think it would be a slam dunk to highlight Dr. Dean. We have managed to miss the shot. History is cruel when it comes to acknowledging African Americans. Dr. Dean is African American. That's why I asked the question. Now I'm considered racist?

Answer 1

I believe Black people are just people who can do anything they put their minds to.
http://inventors.about.com/library/blblackinventors.htm
also:Product Inventor Date
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air conditioning unit Frederick M. Jones July 12, 1949
almanac Benjamin Banneker Approx 1791
auto cut-off switch Granville T. Woods January 1, 1839
auto fishing devise G. Cook May 30, 1899
automatic gear shift Richard Spikes February 28, 1932
baby buggy W.H. Richardson June 18, 1899
bicycle frame L.R. Johnson October 10, 1899
biscuit cutter A.P. Ashbourne November 30, 1875
blood plasma bag Charles Drew Approx. 1945
cellular phone Henry T. Sampson July 6, 1971
chamber commode T. Elkins January 3, 1897
clothes dryer G. T. Sampson June 6, 1862
curtain rod S. R. Scratton November 30, 1889
curtain rod support William S. Grant August 4, 1896
door knob O. Dorsey December 10, 1878
door stop O. Dorsey December 10, 1878
dust pan Lawrence P. Ray August 3, 1897
egg beater Willie Johnson February 5, 1884
electric lampbulb Lewis Latimer March 21, 1882
elevator Alexander Miles October 11, 1867
eye protector P. Johnson November 2, 1880
fire escape ladder J. W. Winters May 7, 1878
fire extinguisher T. Marshall October 26, 1872
folding bed L. C. Bailey July 18, 1899
folding chair Brody & Surgwar June 11, 1889
fountain pen W. B. Purvis January 7, 1890
furniture caster O. A. Fisher 1878
gas mask Garrett Morgan October 13, 1914
golf tee T. Grant December 12, 1899
guitar Robert F. Flemming, Jr. March 3, 1886
hair brush Lydia O. Newman November 15, 18--
hand stamp Walter B. Purvis February 27 1883
horse shoe J. Ricks March 30, 1885
ice cream scooper A. L. Cralle February 2, 1897
improv. sugar making Norbet Rillieux December 10, 1846
insect-destroyer gun A. C. Richard February 28, 1899
ironing board Sarah Boone December 30, 1887
key chain F. J. Loudin January 9, 1894
lantern Michael C. Harvey August 19, 1884
lawn mower L. A. Burr May 19, 1889
lawn sprinkler J. W. Smith May 4, 1897
lemon squeezer J. Thomas White December 8, 1893
lock W. A. Martin July 23, 18--
lubricating cup Ellijah McCoy November 15, 1895
lunch pail James Robinson 1887
mail box Paul L. Downing October 27, 1891
mop Thomas W. Stewart June 11, 1893
motor Frederick M. Jones June 27, 1939
peanut butter George Washington Carver1896
pencil sharpener J. L. Love November 23, 1897
phone transmitter Granville T. Woods December 2, 1884
record player arm Joseph Hunger Dickenson January 8, 1819
refrigerator J. Standard June 14, 1891
riding saddles W. D. Davis October 6, 1895
rolling pin John W. Reed 1864
shampoo headrest C. O. Bailiff October 11, 1898
spark plug Edmond Berger February 2, 1839
stethoscope Imhotep Ancient Egypt
stove T. A. Carrington July 25, 1876
straightening comb Madam C. J. Walker Approx 1905
street sweeper Charles B. Brooks March 17, 1890
thermostat control Frederick M. Jones February 23, 1960
traffic light Garrett Morgan November 20, 1923
tricycle M. A. Cherry May 6, 1886
typewriter Burridge & Marshman April 7, 1885

Answer 2

this kind of question is the reason there is so much strife between races hey it's 2006 get over it and join society you can't have it both ways your either American or you're African, and if you're African when was the last time you were in Africa? Who cares who invented what if it works use it if it don't sell it at Wal*Mart there's always a redneck that'll buy it , especially if you put a nascar logo or a martha stewart tag on it. Forget trying to be seperate and join the rest of us against the ignorant ones.

Answer 3

The cotton gin is always credited to Eli Whitney, but it was invented by African American slaves. Think about it, the slaves were the ones doing the actual work, so they came up with the majority of farming inventions.

Answer 4

Think: Peanut Butter

Now there is an invention (of sorts) that I will never go without...

Answer 5

You forgot artificial heart/pace maker, conveyor belt.

Answer 6

Only thing I can think of is the practice of: grabbing their Nuts in public

Answer 7

YOU ARE A RACIST IDIOT!

Thank you Dragonsarefree! Good to know.

Answer 8

Um, let me see, black inventions. I got it: black on black crime

Answer 9

honslty i don't have a ******* clue