3 Black Teenage Scientists Had a Breakthrough, Then Came the Trolls

Posted by evo_9 on Saturday May 05, 2018 @09:48AM
from the npr.org dept.

https://www.npr.org/2018/05/05/608558338/3-black-teenage-scientists-had-a-breakthrough-then-came-the-trolls

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Re:3 Black Teenage Scientists Had a Breakthrough, Then Came ... by hashfunktion on Sunday May 06, 2018 @04:16PM (#17008265)

For those who doubt the validity of initiatives aimed at encouraging minority/women in STEM, here is an example of why they exist.

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Re:3 Black Teenage Scientists Had a Breakthrough, Then Came ... by sattoshi on Saturday May 05, 2018 @10:21AM (#17001906)

The online voting abuse began earlier. The vote was posted everywhere on Twitter telling to vote for the black girls. Nobody seemed to care about the actual projects.

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Re:3 Black Teenage Scientists Had a Breakthrough, Then Came ... by facetube on Sunday May 06, 2018 @01:10PM (#17007169)

Oh, that makes it fine then.

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