A lot of European Americans are laboring under the delusion that we have the American white people to thank for inventions. The patent system is how white people colonize intellectual property.
The cell phone I have came from China.
Finnish inventor Eric Tigerstedt created the first pocket-sized telecommunication device in 1917.
We would not have cell phones if it wasn’t for the creation of the gamma electrical cell by black inventor Henry T. Sampson.
Most of our cell phones would not have microphones in them if it wasn’t for the particular microphone that was created by black inventor James Edward West.
The creation of 1G, the first digital network, was launched in Japan.
Black electrical engineer Jesse Russell pioneered the creation of 2G. Which launched in Finland first.
3G launched in Japan, 4G launched in Norway, and 5G launched in South Korea.
Thirty percent of the world’s cell phones are manufactured in China.
The global majority recognizes that collective humanity has the ingenuity and creativity of one another to thank.