It's not quite 8:00pm, but I'm ready for bed so this will be a short one.
Last week I read an article about the first "recognized" African American surfer, Nick Gabaldon. He was from Southern California. We lived there more for than twenty years and I never heard of him or his amazing story. A documentary is forthcoming. You can check out the story at the link below.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zach-weisberg/celebrating-nick-gabaldon_b_1277435.html?ref=email_share
I was just sharing with Frankie that I was thumbing through a Mazda Car Dealership magazine, and there was an article featuring about a half dozen very young engineers, who were vital and prominent in getting their cars from the design stage to the showroom. They were all Asian, as your would expect from a Japanese car maker, expect for an African American man from the US. His name is Tobias France. I tried goggling him, but didn't get much. His LinkedIn page is below.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tobias-france/8/526/7b1
These are samples of my history lessons. I'm still amazed at how much I don't know or haven't yet experienced.
The learning continues . . . everyday.
Last week I read an article about the first "recognized" African American surfer, Nick Gabaldon. He was from Southern California. We lived there more for than twenty years and I never heard of him or his amazing story. A documentary is forthcoming. You can check out the story at the link below.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zach-weisberg/celebrating-nick-gabaldon_b_1277435.html?ref=email_share
I was just sharing with Frankie that I was thumbing through a Mazda Car Dealership magazine, and there was an article featuring about a half dozen very young engineers, who were vital and prominent in getting their cars from the design stage to the showroom. They were all Asian, as your would expect from a Japanese car maker, expect for an African American man from the US. His name is Tobias France. I tried goggling him, but didn't get much. His LinkedIn page is below.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tobias-france/8/526/7b1
These are samples of my history lessons. I'm still amazed at how much I don't know or haven't yet experienced.
The learning continues . . . everyday.
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