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Originally Posted by PamWinterReturns
Yes, it is. But the story focus and headline was about skin color. If the focus was on NASA and the first black women were secondary, it’s newsworthy. The angle was stirring up anger at racism as if it’s the first time it happened.
But, in retrospect, if I were black, I’d want the focus on their color. As a female, I want that prominent. As a white female, I’m proud of the women and proud the black women were recognized. So I can see why stories come from different angles.
I guess the story angle can be considered racism to some but not to all. It depends how you look at it.
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The article made the correlation between three girls and the "hidden figures" black women who worked for NASA and weren't given credit for their ground breaking work.
I despise racism and I hate hearing about it but when we have some POTUS says immigrants are racist and says that a judge of Latin decent can't rule on his case because he'll be bias, and says people if a certain religion should be denied entry to America, those messages need to be met with opposition and people must see the result of such poor "leadership" , girls winning a NASA competition and being deminished by others simply because of their race and winning the competition by an organization that used to hide women of color, and their accomplishments in their ranks, from the public. Sucks all around.
When I lived overseas there was none of this constant divisiveness and hate in all aspects of society and it's been like this constantly since 9/11, which is what made me move overseas the first time for 5 years. Sad