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RE: "We Protest Against the System Adopted" - The Market Women of Colonial Nigeria
Indeed. We stand on the shoulders of some mighty giants, and when I think of how much more courage it took in other points in history, it's quite inspiring.
I certainly understand how easy it is to get carried away with language when we're passionate, but I appreciate your effort. I was an environmental science major, and this was one of my big complaints about the field of science. In particular with environmental science I always thought it so important to speak plainly and clearly so the average person could understand. I think I was right too. When I look around and realize how little people understand about science, it's kind of sad, especially when a shift is so desperately needed.
I'm an alum of the McNair Scholars Program, which supports students from underrepresented backgrounds who wish to pursue PhDs, and I think one of the coolest parts was the fact that my cohort was mixed. It skewed pretty STEM-heavy, with only a few of us social science/humanities folks, but it was really cool for us to hear our colleagues in the program talk about the cool scientific research they were doing. The point of sharing with each other was to make our work accessible to people outside our fields, and most of my fellow scholars were pretty good at it!
That totally renews a portion of my faith in academia. I am incredibly glad to hear this.