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Cartoon Network is promoting ridiculous animated “anti-racist” PSAs, but, no surprise, their woke history lesson isn’t exactly fact-filled.
In a video that’s going viral, a character from the cartoon
Steven Universe asks a class “Who invented the light bulb?” When they respond, “Thomas Edison!” She says, That s not entirely true. The light bulb could more rightfully be attributed to Lewis Latimer, the black inventor behind the filament inside the bulb. Then she gets angry and rants, “Thanks to systemic racism, most of your storytellers prioritized white accomplishments,” and claims history was modified to make white readers comfortable. The PSA ends with the words “Tell the Whole Story - Be Anti-Racist.”
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Tell the whole story.
In a new public service announcement that began running on the network beginning Dec. 3, the character asks a classroom of students who invented the lightbulb. Thomas Edison, they brightly respond. That s not entirely true. Pearl reveals that the invention could be more rightly attributed to Lewis Howard Latimer, the Black inventor responsible for creating the filament inside the bulb.
Advertisement: So, now you know! Pearl says, before looking at the camera again. Wait, is that it? We re not going to mention why he invented the filament? To create a better standard of living for people who had just been freed from slavery? she says. Are we going to ask about why kids are learning about Thomas Edison and not learning about Lewis Latimer?