Our genetic legacy is mentoring young BIPOC women on how to use technology to connect to their Black culture.
SAN DIEGO — Young women of color are learning about their Black history on a new level. Drone pilots are using mapping technology to learn more about San Diego County’s rich Black culture.
By using LiDAR drones and other geospatial technology, young BIPOC women are mapping Harrison Serenity Ranch where San Diego County's first Black landowner“Julian was actually a place where the Gold Rush was occurring. So, there was a lot of slavery over there. I had been taught that California had no slavery,” said Smith.
Currently, the team is planning to travel to Ghana and the UK next month where they will map the Transatlantic slave trade. This is an important chapter where young Black women are going to new heights to rewrite their history.
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