Comments by "Arnold Hubbert" (@arnoldhubbert6779) on "Black Culture Unlocked"
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Ironing Board
Sarah Boone in 1892? No!
Of the several hundred US patents on ironing boards granted prior to Sarah Boone's, the first three went to William Vandenburg in 1858 (patents #19390, #19883, #20231). The first American female patentee of an ironing board is probably Sarah Mort of Dayton, Ohio, who received patent #57170 in 1866. In 1869, Henry Soggs of Columbus, Pennsylvania earned US patent #90966 for an ironing board resembling the modern type, with folding legs, adjustable height, and a cover. Another nice example of a modern-looking board was designed by J.H. Mallory in 1871, patent #120296. Details...
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@i.lungsmaras7244 Did Sarah Boone invent the ironing board? NO. She invented an feature that is rarely used. And yet, in black circles it's only stated that she invented the ironing board, not simply a related feature. Your claim would be like the inventor of the hubcap (but one that isn't even used) being given credit for inventing the automobile.
Her addition wasn't even a part of our modern ironing board. It was something for ironing shirt sleeves and isn't part of our modern ironing board. "Boone's ironing board was designed to improve the quality of ironing the sleeves and bodies of women's garments. The ironing board was very narrow, curved, and made of wood. The shape and structure allowed it to fit a sleeve and it was reversible, so one could iron both sides of the sleeve.[2][3]"
Wikipedia has a picture. You'll recognize it clearing as not having any part of a modern ironing board.
In 1869, Henry Soggs of Columbus, Pennsylvania earned US patent #90966 for an ironing board resembling the modern type, with folding legs, adjustable height, and a cover.
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I agree and it's true that the US government played a role in the destruction of the black family. It was mostly accomplished through targeted government welfare programs, which resulted in the need for black fathers and completely destroyed their purpose as men and fathers. So, the solution ISN'T MORE OF THE SAME (i.e. more government programs, more welfare, free hand-outs, reparations, etc.), because THAT was the cause in the first place. The solution is to do just opposite (remove all of government programs, free hand-outs, quotas, welfare, etc.). If you want to completely destroy the black family (by destroying the purpose and manhood of black men/fathers), reparations would accomplish that completely.
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I agree and it's true that the US government played a role in the destruction of the black family. It was mostly accomplished through targeted government welfare programs, which resulted in the need for black fathers and completely destroyed their purpose as men and fathers. So, the solution ISN'T MORE OF THE SAME (i.e. more government programs, more welfare, free hand-outs, reparations, etc.), because THAT was the cause in the first place. The solution is to do just opposite (remove all of government programs, free hand-outs, quotas, welfare, etc.). If you want to completely destroy the black family (by destroying the purpose and manhood of black men/fathers), reparations would accomplish that completely.
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I agree and it's true that the US government played a role in the destruction of the black family. It was mostly accomplished through targeted government welfare programs, which resulted in the need for black fathers and completely destroyed their purpose as men and fathers. So, the solution ISN'T MORE OF THE SAME (i.e. more government programs, more welfare, free hand-outs, reparations, etc.), because THAT was the cause in the first place. The solution is to do just opposite (remove all of government programs, free hand-outs, quotas, welfare, etc.). If you want to completely destroy the black family (by destroying the purpose and manhood of black men/fathers), reparations would accomplish that completely.
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I agree and it's true that the US government played a role in the destruction of the black family. It was mostly accomplished through targeted government welfare programs, which resulted in the need for black fathers and completely destroyed their purpose as men and fathers. So, the solution ISN'T MORE OF THE SAME (i.e. more government programs, more welfare, free hand-outs, reparations, etc.), because THAT was the cause in the first place. The solution is to do just opposite (remove all of government programs, free hand-outs, quotas, welfare, etc.). If you want to completely destroy the black family (by destroying the purpose and manhood of black men/fathers), reparations would accomplish that completely.
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Perhaps you've heard the claims: Were it not for the genius and energy of African-American inventors, we might find ourselves in a world without traffic lights, peanut butter, blood banks, light bulb filaments, and a vast number of other things we now take for granted but could hardly imagine life without.
Such beliefs usually originate in books or articles about black history. Since many of the authors have little interest in the history of technology outside of advertising black contributions to it, their stories tend to be fraught with misunderstandings, wishful thinking, or fanciful embellishments with no historical basis. The lack of historical perspective leads to extravagant overestimations of originality and importance: sometimes a slightly modified version of a pre-existing piece of technology is mistaken for the first invention of its type; sometimes a patent or innovation with little or no lasting value is portrayed as a major advance, even if there's no real evidence it was ever used.
Unfortunately, some of the errors and exaggerations have acquired an illusion of credibility by repetition in mainstream outlets, especially during Black History Month (see examples for the traffic light and ironing board). When myths go unchallenged for too long, they begin to eclipse the truth.
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