Geology is often framed as objective, neutral, and apolitical, but its history is deeply tied to extraction, colonialism, and the control of land, labour, and resources. This blog explores why geology collections are not as neutral as they seem, how exclusion still shapes the discipline today, and what repair, accountability, and more inclusive futures could look like across museums, geoscience, and education.

It has been a near-impossible task to find the first Black Geologist. I have found no records or recognition of any historical Black...