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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Morgan Garrett, creator of the traffic light and gas mask used in WWI. The ENTIRE world has benefitted from his invention. How many people know he was African-American, the son of slaves? http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinventors/a/Garrett_Morgan.htm[/quote] Again, great for him but this is also not race-related. People simply have no clue who invented what, when, why, and by whom. I agree that people SHOULD care and become inspired but this same phenomena is not exclusive to minority inventors. If anything, I think that minority inventors in the US usually benefit from cultural months like hispanic heritage or black history month where we DO, rightfully, focus on these inspiration people. If you were to ask my son to name a black inventor, for example, he could give you a whole list because he learned about it during black history month. Now, ask him to name a single French invention and you'll get nothing.[/quote]
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