There’s some real ‘merchants of doubt’ commentary out there right now – like the tactics of tobacco companies and climate denial lobbies it doesn’t need to be right, it just needs to create controversy. 1/4 Rigorous interpretation of data means understanding data points relative to one another; the conditions under which the data were made; and triangulating across different data sets. That’s as true of historical sources as it is of thermometer readings. Context matters. 2/4

Slavery, indenture, colonialism, and racial capitalism were/are all based on the theft of skills and knowledge -the theft of intellectual property- not just labour and resources

🧵of readings on Black innovations & discoveries often credited to white individuals/institutions. 1/ Black mineral knowledge and innovation 2/ uncpress.org/book/978146965…