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K-12 Dive:  Hispanic Students Interested in STEM but Underrepresented in Classes, Careers
K-12 Dive

Hispanic students are just as interested in STEM careers as their white and Asian peers but remain underrepresented in STEM occupations

Pew Research Center: Blacks in STEM Jobs are Especially Concerned About Diversity and Discriminat...
Pew Research Center

Blacks and Hispanics are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math jobs, relative to their presence in the overall U.S. workforce, particularly among workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher.

HowStuffWorks: 10 Black Scientists You Should Know
HowStuffWorks

From well-known Black scientists, such as George Washington Carver, to James West, who coinvented the microphone, to those whose impressive scientific records have nearly languished in obscurity, our list will have you rethinking what else might be left out of your history textbook.

Live Science: Amazing Black Scientists
Live Science

Here, you can learn more about the phenomenal work Black scientists do and have done every day.

National Geographic Kids: Making History - African American Pioneers of Science
National Geographic Kids

Learn about the work that these Black scientists and inventors have accomplished that make our lives better.

Vice: It's Time for Environmental Studies to Own Up to Erasing Black People
Vice

Many aspects of environmental scholarship are inaccessible to Black students, including textbooks that don’t acknowledge our history, and field work requirements that are ignorant of Black criminalization in the outdoors.

Forbes: 4 Ways That Scientists And Academics Can Effectively Combat Racism
Forbes

These four steps, as limited as they are, can play a major role in transforming science and academia into a safer, more inclusive environment. It’s on each of us to choose to take them.

Smithsonian Magazine: The True Story of “Hidden Figures,” the Forgotten Women Who Helped Win the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A new book and movie document the accomplishments of NASA’s black “human computers” whose work was at the heart of the country’s greatest battles

Massive Science: A Power List of the LatinX Scientists Who Are Changing the World
Massive Science

In celebration of LatinX Heritage Month, these are LatinX scientists shaping policy and research worldwide

Mental Floss: 10 Hispanic Scientists You Didn’t Learn About In School
Mental Floss

From groundbreaking biologists and physicists to innovators in the fields of medicine, botany, and environmental studies, here are 10 game-changing Hispanic scientists you should know about.

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