US girl who graduated from college at 15: ‘We are the invisible Black scholars’

"We are the invisible Black scholars of this world," Muhammad said to the station. "We don't have the press that the athletes, the artists, the social media influencers do because we are unrecognized in society."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/13/young-college-graduate-15-shania-muhammad-oklahoma

Black Scholars Are Not ‘Rare Creatures’ - NYTimes

In late November, the president of Purdue University, Mitch Daniels, told students that he will soon “be recruiting one of the rarest creatures in America — a leading, I mean a really leading, African-American scholar.” “Creatures?” a student asked. “Come on.” ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/opinion/purdue-mitch-daniels-creatures.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share