Elephant Prints

<p>There's an elephant in the room and it's doing society a great disservice. </p><p><br></p><p>Often we're made to believe that diversity doesn't exist within intellectual history or accomplishments - or at the very least that most records of such work have been lost. This is not the case. From 19th century literary societies to today's ed-tech company creators these elephants<em> </em>(aka Black scholars and innovators)<em> </em>exist everywhere. Their glaring absence from school curricula and media becomes that much more shameful when faced with their clear existence.</p><p><br></p><p>Jolie Radunich's <em>Elephant Prints: Reconstructing Our Image of Brilliance</em> is a wake-up call. Now is the time to extract elephants from obscurity. We need to use their stories to:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>become knowledgeable about the past.</li><li>spread awareness in the present.</li><li>and offer hope that the network of existing elephants will continue to grow in the future.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Frequently the spotlighted accomplishments of elephants are treated as anomalies. There's so much more to honor so much more innovation to encourage. We need to instill in the next generation a desire to inclusify their vision of brilliance but this can only be done if they're aware of inspiring elephant<em> </em>legacies. </p>