Optional@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoSay It With Us: Paola Nogales-Ascarrunzlemmy.worldimagemessage-square111linkfedilinkarrow-up1377arrow-down162
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minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·7 days agoEh there’s value in calling out sexist assumptions.
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·7 days agoI guess so, it just would be nice to see two people verbally sparring, instead of a one-person narrative about a supposed firestorm
minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·7 days agoIt’s an old trope that people assume any scientist is a white man.
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·7 days agoshrug first I’ve heard it
minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·7 days agohttps://qz.com/523023/scientists-and-mathematicians-arent-all-white-men-but-you-wouldnt-know-that-from-the-movies It’s a whole thing! Now that you know, I bet it’s like learning a new word - you’ll start noticing it in more places.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·7 days agoDamn, you’re lucky
Eh there’s value in calling out sexist assumptions.
I guess so, it just would be nice to see two people verbally sparring, instead of a one-person narrative about a supposed firestorm
It’s an old trope that people assume any scientist is a white man.
shrug first I’ve heard it
https://qz.com/523023/scientists-and-mathematicians-arent-all-white-men-but-you-wouldnt-know-that-from-the-movies
It’s a whole thing! Now that you know, I bet it’s like learning a new word - you’ll start noticing it in more places.
Damn, you’re lucky