I don't mean this in a negative way but I'm so sick of the narrative that skin color has anything to do with people's capabilities.
this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2025
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It doesn't. This surgeon was motivated enough to help people that he opened his own practice to do it, and that motivation helped people.
The thing is that people think (let's face it, it's not thought) that POC are somehow less intelligent.
ditto but for me it's the constant men vs women sex rage bait
This isn't that.
The card I found was made during an era where civil rights had a massive leap forward. These kind of stories were not about people being better, they were about people deserving an opportunity to participate.
I think everyone is, especially the people who are thought of as less capable by the colour their skin
Why would you make the main link to less accessible YouTube instead of more-accessible Wikipedia?
I made a video about how I learned about the guy. I thought the card record was neat.