"Being African American in science, you kind of stick out and I find that it, it can be a double edged sword," he says. "If I give a talk that's bad, then it, it looks really bad. If I get to give a talks that's good, I think sometimes it looks too good" He adds: "I have many stories that I can tell later about less flattering things that have happened just because of being African American in, in science"
MIT Professor of Mechanical Engineering Cullen Buie discusses his journey through science, God and making a name for himself at The Veritas Forum at Caltech.
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