Derek Haynes (The Crazy Botanist) and Alexandria Douziech (Center of Plants & Culture) discuss Carolus Linnaeus—the father of taxonomy—and how his racial biases continue to impact the sciences. In this video, Haynes and Douziech discuss a recent IG post and the ongoing refusal by many to acknowledge the erasure committed by colonial European botanists. Video footage by the incredible Jeremy Pellington.
*Please note that both Derek Haynes and Alexandria Douziech are unmasked in this video as they are both fully vaccinated.
Working in vaccine and therapeutics development using non-traditional plant-based technologies, Derek Haynes runs the IG account @chocolatebotanist and the FaceTime/YouTube account The Crazy Botanist. Merging together education, his signature wit and humor, and his keen love for plants and science, Derek’s mission is to pull the traditional knowledge of our ancestors into the mainstream.
