Talk:Sylvester James Gates

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[edit] African American

Is his status as an African American physicist somehow important? He doesn't seem to have done any work regarding promoting diversity in science or any other similar cause. The article doesn't suggest that he was the first African American in any way (say in writing a thesis in supersymmetry, etc. So what makes his race important? Jussen 02:30, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I took the african american part out. He is not notable for being black but for his work on physics therefore this information is not very relevant to the article. --Antonio.sierra 10:16, 10 June 2007 (UTC)