More boring, generalized race questions... fantastic!
2006-10-10 15:55:11
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answer #1
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answered by Sarah 3
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First off, are you white? Because your avatar would suggest otherwise. Anyway, here are just a few of the things African Americans have invented:
Dr. Charles Richard Drew invented the blood bank.
George Washington Carver developed hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans; his discoveries greatly improved the agricultural output and the health of Southern farmers. Before this, the only main crop in the South was cotton. The products that Carver invented included a rubber substitute, adhesives, foodstuffs, dyes, pigments, and many other products.
Garrett Morgan invented the gas mask, and the traffic signal.
Sarah E. Goode invented the folding cabinet bed, a space-saver that folded up against the wall into a cabinet. When folded up, it could be used as a desk, complete with compartments for stationery and writing supplies. Goode owned a furniture store in Chicago, Illinois, and invented the bed for people living in small apartments. Goode's patent was the first one obtained by an African-American woman inventor.
Elijah McCoy (1843 or 1844-1929) was a mechanical engineer and inventor. McCoy's high-quality industrial inventions (especially his steam engine lubricator) were the basis for the expression "the real McCoy," meaning the real, authentic, or high-quality thing.
Norbert Rillieux (March 17, 1806-October 8, 1894) was an African-American inventor and engineer who invented a device that revolutionized sugar processing. Rillieux's multiple effect vacuum sugar evaporator (patented in 1864) made the processing of sugar more efficient, faster, and much safer. The resulting sugar was also superior. His apparatus was eventually adopted by sugar processing plants all around the world.
Do I need to continue here? These are only from African Americans, but there are many genius inventors from Asian countries, India, and every other country in the world.
Open a book, open your mind!
2006-10-10 16:13:08
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answered by Anonymous
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They don't think of all that stuff. They just have the power and the control (mostly thanks to the churches fooling people) which writes the histories, appoints the leaders, and takes the credit. We aren't any smarter than other races, and in fact, are usually less robust as a species, since the white races evolved from two tribes that left Africa. If I had a herd of cows that all evolved from two cows, they wouldn't be very reliable when it came to diseases and strength, but probably produce a lot of milk. If the climate changed or they had to change eating habits, they would probably die off quickly.
Don't think that 'investing' is such a smart idea. Many older societies learned not to use money because it devalues people in the eyes of civilization until they become slaves to their own Systems. That's why there were Christian rules against usury (charging interest) and the Inca didn't have money to speak of, and they lasted much longer than 'modern' civilization has been able to create any stability for.
The internet was a product of teams of thinking people in America, which is rarely just white people on a project. Flying into space was actually accomplished first by the Russians, and only because they managed to acquire German scientists, many who were probably Jewish by descent. No one can know how many lived or died under that situation. We often think of Jews as white, but in the bigger picture, there is more middle eastern influence there, which is arguably non-caucasian.
The human race is spread around the world now, don't forget that most textbooks are written with a white influence, no matter how hard they try to be politically correct. There are plenty of scientists and 'smart' people all over the world, we just don't hear from them. It takes the same skills to run a farm as to run a corporation, but the farmer is treated like dirt.
2006-10-10 16:07:25
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answered by auntiegrav 6
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well first of all...nothing makes them superior and second of all...they dont think of the smartest stuff in the world. In case you havent noticed, the Japanese are ahead in today's technology. They have created highly efficient hydrogen cars and their robotics technology is better than the US's. Your, question is very complicated, however, and I would say that the reason you think that is true is because the US has the resources to invest in education more than most countries in the world AND white people in the United States are also in a better situation to come up with the ideas than other ethnic groups here in the US as well.
2006-10-10 16:01:38
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answered by CrxK20 2
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If white people thought of most of the smart stuff in the world then:
• Give Asian people back all the technology that we came up with like your I-pod and your cell phone.
• Give Black people back all their inventions like the traffic light and the gas mask. Also, give them back the first successful open heart surgery. Have fun with that heart attack.
• Give Hispanics back the first color T.V.
My point is that we all contribute our smarts to this world, not just white people.
2006-10-10 17:10:42
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answered by thorn 2
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don't agree.. The Japanese came up with Sony, Toyota, docomo (mobile telephony), wireless payments, Sanyo, etc. As for investment, just think of Sumitomo bank, Mitsubishi... And coffee came out of Africa, so white Starbucks cannot claim any fame there. Yes, whites have came up with very trendy stuff (Germans, Russians, French, American...) but it's very egocentristic to think of them as dominant over other races.
2006-10-10 15:58:41
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answered by zap 5
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every race has contubuted to the world in imnese amounts from the chinese making the compass to the spanish making the fire arm to the middleastern begin the first to write it all races are equal they all need oppertunties to excelle
2006-10-10 19:51:24
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answered by canadian 2
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Alot of things were invented when white people were the majority race. White people had more money and better education. These things are not true today.
2006-10-10 16:02:49
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answered by ~~Fast Eddie~~ 5
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They did not come up with those things on there own,as a matter a fact,some inventions were either bought or stolen or copied,but not all of whats bright and amazing was created by our fellow sometimes arrogant colleagues.
2006-10-10 16:00:48
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answered by joe 5
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Smart Genes = Evolution. Just happens. It will change some day. It's actually changing every day.
But not only whites really, Jews are pretty smart, they get lots of nobel prizes.... and Indians are VERY smart with computers.... and Japanese are geniuses in electronics... and.....
2006-10-10 15:56:19
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answered by Anonymous
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Because white people find these things interesting, bling bling is not a concern
2006-10-13 06:51:55
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answered by Anonymous
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