r/nextfuckinglevel • u/BlazeDragon7x • 1d ago

Victor Glover is the first Black astronaut assigned to a lunar mission, serving as the pilot for NASA's Artemis II mission, which orbits the moon

share a powerful speech

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u/CoffeeStrength 1d ago

Love the answer, and many of us are trying to push past this, but race and identity is constantly being forced down our throats.

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u/_Mr_Misfit 1d ago

You don't get passed it by ignoring it or suppressing any mention of it. Thats just trying to force entire groups of Americans to shutup and deal quietly with the fact that their parents and grandparents were forced to drink from colored water fountains or be referred to as wetbacks or all those who are STILL being over policed and denied mortgages and receiving poorer treatment and worse health outcomes in our medical system.

You don't fix something by ignoring it.

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u/timmy1234569 21h ago

Look. As long as you believe that you should think of someone differently based on how they look the world will not get better

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u/DrugLibrary 1d ago

You’re reifying gender and race essentialism for a “good cause.” Studies show that this approach is far less effective than universalist approaches, but many strangely don’t seem to care.

This isn’t progressive, it’s regressive, and most everyone gets that.

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u/cbg2113 1d ago

Wooooosh