The way scientists recognize one another’s work overlooks the seminal contributions of Black scientists. The Nobel Committees need to recognize how this excludes Black scientists from awards
Marie Maynard Daly should have received a Nobel Prize. She was the first Black woman in the country to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry, and in theshe discovered the critical relationship between high cholesterol, high blood pressure and clogged arteries, and how this could cause heart attacks, strokes and other medical issues.
We think it’s because the Nobel Committees, whose selection process is notoriously secretive, place emphasis on the way scientists reference one another’s work as grounds for how important that work is. Typically, Nobel Prize–winning research isbefore the scientists who conducted that research win. These references, known as citations, are a proxy for scientific importance but leave room for bias..
We believe the Nobel Committees need to recognize that, whether overtly or subconsciously, scientists can and do show gender and racial bias when they recognize people as leaders in their fields. While there have beenin peace, literature and economics, a Black scientist still has never won a Nobel in physiology/medicine, physics or chemistry.
Other prestigious award committees, such as the MacArthur Foundation, have shown that it is possible to target such biases and under-recognition; the awarding body has explicitly made ato acknowledge the significant contributions of scholars of color, and the foundation has further honored a small number of Black scientists with its MacArthur Genius Grant.
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