Her Work Disproved An Entire Field Of Racist Research
Black History Year
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🗓️ 6 March 2023
⏱️ 3 minutes
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In a world where skin color has subjected us to centuries of oppression, discrimination, and white terrorism, she stepped forward with a radical idea: everything we think we know about race is a lie.
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| 0:00.0 | In a world where skin color has subjected us to centuries of oppression, |
| 0:05.0 | discrimination and white terrorism, she stepped forward with a radical idea. |
| 0:11.0 | Everything we think we know about race is at lie. |
| 0:16.0 | This is Two Minute Black History, what you didn't learn in school. |
| 0:21.0 | Audrey Smetley had a brilliant, curious mind. |
| 0:31.0 | It's easy to call what she did, black girl magic, |
| 0:35.0 | but magic wouldn't do her work justice. |
| 0:38.0 | What Smetley did was uncover the truth. |
| 0:42.0 | Smetley's work as a scientist proved that there is no biological basis for racial differences. |
| 0:51.0 | In other words, racial issues are not inherent. |
| 0:55.0 | They depend completely on society. |
| 0:59.0 | So why did science ignore her work? |
| 1:06.0 | Technically, her work wasn't ignored. |
| 1:09.0 | White scientists and those who had power in the field decided to stick with the |
| 1:14.0 | made up concept of race. |
| 1:17.0 | Why would they accept the truth when the lie of white supremacy benefits them |
| 1:22.0 | economically, socially and politically? |
| 1:26.0 | There are many even today who refuse to accept the truth, |
| 1:31.0 | but Smetley didn't give up. |
| 1:34.0 | Smetley wrote books, presented her work at conferences, |
| 1:37.0 | and even opened a research center based on her work. |
| 1:43.0 | She taught hundreds of students who went on to do their own work. |
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