"I don't have one; sorry. I've seen the name mentioned in connection with Black History month; I'd therefore guess (perhaps unfairly) that he's some mediocrity raised to a near-Einsteinian status on account of racial tokenism."
I think that says it all. His ignorance knows no bounds.
You know, I'd find more skepticism about Carver in our Ethnic Studies Department. You guys really are a poor imitation of conservatives. Do y'all believe that civilization arose in Africa, and was stolen by the Greeks? What other big chunks of multiculturalist propaganda have you swallowed whole?
As for 'the Chemists' Chemist', you're kidding, right? Someone wrote that? Can you give me the cite?
As I've said elsewhere, from what I've read, the guy was probably a fair applied chemist, by the standards of his time; and it is remarkable he overcame birth into slavery so to become. But sheesh!