NASA is hot on the trail of white supremacists and doing it's best to put an end to systemic racism.
As we work to identify & address systemic discrimination & inequality in all aspects of the scientific community, we are reexamining the use of unofficial terminology for cosmic objects which can be not only insensitive, but actively harmful. Read more: https://t.co/ZNicp5g0Wh pic.twitter.com/jDup6JOGBd
— NASA (@NASA) August 5, 2020
- NSFW,
- NSFH,
- NSFDI,
- NSFD,
- NSFC,
- NSFE and
- NSFSMWAWBSWS*.
To put it more simply, it's horrible. Here's the link.
I know several progressive, suburban women. They're all in with Black Lives Matter and systemic racism and all the rest. I don't think more than one in ten ever samples black, popular culture. I would bet that none of them have seen that video.
I would also bet that NASA wouldn't share it on their Twitter feed.
Yep, we're making great strides fighting ... whatever it is we're fighting. We may not be accomplishing anything of value, but by George, we're fighting systemic whosiewhatnots.
Yay us.
* - This means:
- Not Safe For Work,
- Not Safe For Home,
- Not Safe For Desert Islands,
- Not Safe For Deserts,
- Not Safe For Children,
- Not Safe For Eskimos and
- Not Safe For Short Men Who Are Wearing Black Socks With Sandals.
3 comments:
Thanks but I'll stick to music.
So no more “Black Holes”? No more “Brown Dwarfs” (that’s both racist and insensitive to little people)? Mars can’t be the “Red Planet” anymore? No more “Red Giant” stars? How about calling our sun a “Yellow Sun”? Would “Moon” be insensitive to people who have been flashed? Would “asteroids” be offensive to people who use Preparation H? I’m sure “White Dwarfs” isn’t racist but it is still offensive to little people.
I’m so glad NASA is spending our tax dollars on such important things.
That was beautiful, ligneus. Thanks for sharing.
Ohioan, I'm not sure if you've seen what's been happening where we used to work, but it's just as bad.
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