Diary of a Black Mathematical Modeller: Why Black Heroes Matter
Today we heard the sad news of the passing of Chadwick Bosman – the star of the film Black Panther. The film though fictional, had a great cultural impact all…
Diary of a Black Mathematical Modeller: Thoughts on the Black Heroes of Mathematics
I have been doing my Black Heroes of Mathematics talk since 2017. Over the years there have been 20 minute versions, 30 minute versions and the full hour. I done…
Diary of a Black Mathematical Modeller: The Following week
12th June 16:42 It now has almost been a week since Minority in STEM take over and the ripple affects have been very positive. I made news friends and contacts.…
Diary of a Black Mathematical Modeller: Goodbye Minorities in STEM
12:40 Saturday 6th June 2020 What a week this has been! When I chose this week for my twitter take over the @MinoritySTEM account – I didn’t realise that it…
Diary of a Black Mathematical Modeller: The Final
Friday 10:46 5th June 2020 When I took part in @Aperiodical The Big Internet Maths Off. The main objective of the organisers was not to find out who was The…
Diary of a Black Mathematical Modeller: The Next iteration
Thursday 4th June 2020 “If killing Black people has no consequences then all forms of racial discrimination is acceptable” This is an uncomfortable statement I stated in a previous blog.…
Diary of a Black Mathematical Modeller: Back to the Maths.
Tuesday 2nd June 19:57 Today I got “Back to the Maths”.1. I did a presentation on a new commercial mathematical model that went well. 2. Also, I had to think…
Diary of a Black Mathematical Modeller: Black Tuesday
Wednesday 3rd June 2020 Yesterday was denoted Black Tuesday where many establishment stood up and declared that Black Lives Matter. This included, I am proud to say Portsmouth University where…
Diary of a Black Mathematical Modeller: I can’t breath!
Monday 0845 Today I am taking over the twitter account @MinorityinSTEM. This blog will give you an insight to my week as a professional mathematical modeller. However before…
Science, Statistics and Racism
Science and Race has had a chequered history. This is something that people of colour do take notice of and report. In 2018, I was invited to a Scientific Black…