What I Learned While Reporting on the Dearth of Black Mathematicians

Yesterday, it echoed in my mind when I saw a tweet responding to a sentence in my story referring to a Columbia University administrator’s conclusion that “progress would hinge partly on majority-group faculty members’ adjusting their personal behavior.”

“That’s us,” Kevin Covey, a white astronomer at Western Washington University, said. “Things won’t change unless WE change.”