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What Is a Black Box?

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When we hear “black box,” many people think of airplanes. But what exactly is it? A black box is not actually black, it’s usually bright orange to make it easy to find after an accident. A black box is a flight recorder, a device fitted in aircraft to record crucial flight data and cockpit voices. It helps investigators understand what happened if there’s an accident. Purpose of a Black Box The black box is like an eyewitness that never forgets. It stores important information that helps: Reconstruct Events: After a crash, experts can replay what happened second by second. Find Causes: It tells investigators if the problem was technical, human error, or weather-related.  Improve Safety: Lessons learned from black box data help build safer planes and better pilot training. How does Black Box Survives Crashes  It can survive fires up to 1,100°C (2,000°F) for about 30 minutes.  It can handle massive impact forces, equivalent to being hit by a concrete wall at high speed. ...

Why Do We Call Africans “Black”?

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We often say " Black people "right? But if you think about it, people from africa have all sorts of skin tones. African itself is huge with different cultures and language. So why this one language " black " stick?  It Started as a Description When Europeans first visited Africa centuries ago, they described people by skin color — “black” or “negro” (which means black in Spanish and Portuguese). It Became a Tool for Oppression Sadly, Europeans twisted this simple description into an excuse for slavery. In their culture, black was linked with “bad” and white with “good.” So they used the word Black to dehumanize African people and justify the slave trade — treating them as property, not people. This mindset built the racist idea of “race” as a hierarchy: White on top, Black at the bottom — a false system that still affects society today. From Label to Pride Over time, people of African descent flipped the script. In civil rights movements, “Black” became a symbol of...