Black History Month
Myth Twenty-Two
and Twenty-Three
All through the month of February we are instructed to celebrate Black History. We are going to do that by correcting some of the myths circulated throughout the month of February. Each day there will be another entry of the myths of black inventions.It appears the attitude of many people in our country are the same as those of the commenter on this blog a few days ago who stated, “Robb its pathetic you try to deny other races inventions(whether they invented it or not).” I guess this person doesn’t care about the truth.Actually, I am not trying to deny anybody anything, just correcting some myths that are circulated by anti-White zealots.
Did many Negroes hold patents - yes - but a patent is not an invention. Only the uneducated confuse the two.For the record, I am not the author of the following.
Horseshoe
Did Negro, Oscar E. Brown invent the horseshoe in 1892?
Did Negro, Oscar E. Brown invent the horseshoe in 1892?
Didn't do it!
Some sources on the web, if not ignorant enough to say Brown invented the first horseshoe ever, will at least try to credit him for the first double or compound horseshoe made of two layers: one permanently secured to the hoof, and one auxiliary layer that can be removed and replaced when it wears out. However, in the US there were already 39 earlier patents for horseshoes using that same concept. The first of these was issued to J.B. Kendall of Boston in 1861, patent #33709. Read about horseshoes here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HorseshoeIce Cream
Was it a black man, Augustus Jackson
Was it a black man, Augustus Jackson
who invented Ice Cream in 1832?
Nope!
In Europe, sherbet-like concoctions evolved into ice cream by the 16th century, and around 1670 or so, the Café Procope in Paris offered creamy frozen dairy desserts to the public. The first written record of ice cream in the New World comes from a letter dated 1700, attesting that Maryland Governor William Bladen served the treat to his guests. In 1777, the New York Gazette advertised the sale of ice cream by confectioner Philip Lenzi. Click here: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:XhXvSfPRXu4J:inventors.about.com/od/foodrelatedinventions/a/ice_cream.htm+%22history+of+ice+cream%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com
I know I'm a few months late to the party, but I must say I've never even heard of half these myths. Guess my elementary school must not have done a very thorough job of indoctrinating me with anti-White sentiment.
ReplyDeleteDisappointing.