[Phys-L] Du Bois' data display as an example of systemic "racism"

[bernard cleyet <bernard@cleyet.org>]

Neither do Tufte or Wainer (“Graphic Discovery”) use Dubois’ graphs as examples of data display.  

I don’t think it’s a stretch to think it’s because he was “African”.  


https://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2019/2/how-web-du-bois-used-data-visualization-confront-prejudice-early-20th-century <https://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2019/2/how-web-du-bois-used-data-visualization-confront-prejudice-early-20th-century>  


bc …     thinks “ironic" they were used to show the effect of prejudice.  


At least there’s a plaque where he lived while collecting data for “The Philadelphia Negro”.  


https://www.pbs.org/show/extra-life-short-history-living-longer/ <https://www.pbs.org/show/extra-life-short-history-living-longer/>