{"id":151251,"date":"2020-09-05T22:23:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T22:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T22:23:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T22:23:12","slug":"biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Claims Black Man, Not White Guy Named Edison, Invented Light Bulb"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden claimed during a community meeting in Wisconsin on Thursday that a black man invented the light bulb, not \u201ca white guy named Edison.\u201d<\/p>\n

Biden made the remarks in the context of calling for a reckoning on racism and urging America to confront its \u201coriginal sin\u2014slavery\u2014and all the vestiges of it.\u201d He then suggested that historical accounts have been falsified out of racist motives.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople fear that which is different. Weve got to, for example, why in Gods name dont we teach history in history classes? A black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison,\u201d Biden said. \u201cTheres so much\u2014did anybody know before what recently happened that Black Wall Street in Oklahoma was burned to the ground? Anybody know these things? Because we dont teach them. Weve got to give people facts. Teach them whats out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Historical records show that while Thomas Edison is universally credited with inventing the light bulb, a black inventor by the name of Lewis Latimer improved on Edisons invention and helped make it available more widely. Latimer, who was a member<\/a> of Edisons elite research team and himself held multiple patents, created a light bulb that had a more durable carbon filament. He was inducted into<\/a> the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2006 for his work on electric filament manufacturing techniques.<\/p>\n

Biden visited Kenosha in the wake of unrest that was sparked by the shooting of Jacob Blake in a confrontation with police, during which he was shot multiple times in the back. Blake, who resisted arrest and could not be subdued even after being tased, had a warrant out for his arrest on suspicion of sexual assault.<\/p>\n

\"Epoch
A police armored vehicle patrols an intersection while a building set afire by rioters burns in Kenosha, Wis., on Aug. 24, 2020. (Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Protests following the shooting, which left Blake paralyzed from the waist down, devolved into violent riots, which peaked in a tragic incident in which a 17-year-old armed with a semi-automatic rifle shot two people dead and wounded another while being chased and possibly attacked.<\/p>\n

Saying that \u201cviolence of any form is wrong,\u201d Biden blamed President Donald Trump for inflaming divisions in the country and called for his supporters to step up their efforts to \u201ccut another slice off institutional racism.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI dont think we have any alternative but to fight. I dont think we have any alternative but to fight back. I dont think we have any alternative but just to go tell the truth,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n

In earlier remarks in Pittsburgh, Biden also accused the president of stoking divRead More From Source<\/a>
\n[contf]
\n[contfnew]
\n <\/p>\n

The Epoch Times<\/a><\/h5>\n

[contfnewc]
\n[contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden claimed during a community meeting in Wisconsin on Thursday ..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nBiden Claims Black Man, Not White Guy Named Edison, Invented Light Bulb - Business News Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden claimed during a community meeting in Wisconsin on Thursday ..\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Biden Claims Black Man, Not White Guy Named Edison, Invented Light Bulb - Business News Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden claimed during a community meeting in Wisconsin on Thursday ..\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Business News Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-05T22:23:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Church-300x180-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"180\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"infopal11\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BNReport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BNReport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"infopal11\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"infopal11\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f\"},\"headline\":\"Biden Claims Black Man, Not White Guy Named Edison, Invented Light Bulb\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-05T22:23:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":461,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/Church-300x180-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\\\/\",\"name\":\"Biden Claims Black Man, Not White Guy Named Edison, Invented Light Bulb - Business News Report\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/Church-300x180-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-05T22:23:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden claimed during a community meeting in Wisconsin on Thursday ..\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/Church-300x180-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/Church-300x180-1.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":180},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Biden Claims Black Man, Not White Guy Named Edison, Invented Light Bulb\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Business News Report\",\"description\":\"Latest News on the World of Politics & Business\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/LOGO2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/LOGO2.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":50,\"caption\":\"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/BNReport\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/business.newsreport\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f\",\"name\":\"infopal11\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/infopal11\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Biden Claims Black Man, Not White Guy Named Edison, Invented Light Bulb - Business News Report","description":"Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden claimed during a community meeting in Wisconsin on Thursday ..","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Biden Claims Black Man, Not White Guy Named Edison, Invented Light Bulb - Business News Report","og_description":"Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden claimed during a community meeting in Wisconsin on Thursday ..","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/","og_site_name":"Business News Report","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/","article_published_time":"2020-09-05T22:23:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":180,"url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Church-300x180-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"infopal11","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BNReport","twitter_site":"@BNReport","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"infopal11","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/"},"author":{"name":"infopal11","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f"},"headline":"Biden Claims Black Man, Not White Guy Named Edison, Invented Light Bulb","datePublished":"2020-09-05T22:23:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/"},"wordCount":461,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Church-300x180-1.jpg","articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/","name":"Biden Claims Black Man, Not White Guy Named Edison, Invented Light Bulb - Business News Report","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Church-300x180-1.jpg","datePublished":"2020-09-05T22:23:12+00:00","description":"Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden claimed during a community meeting in Wisconsin on Thursday ..","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Church-300x180-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Church-300x180-1.jpg","width":300,"height":180},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-claims-black-man-not-white-guy-named-edison-invented-light-bulb\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629","item":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Biden Claims Black Man, Not White Guy Named Edison, Invented Light Bulb"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/","name":"Business News Report","description":"Latest News on the World of Politics & Business","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization","name":"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LOGO2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LOGO2.png","width":200,"height":50,"caption":"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/","https:\/\/x.com\/BNReport","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/business.newsreport"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f","name":"infopal11","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/author\/infopal11\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}