Tag: space exploration

The racist language of space exploration

The language of colonialism is infecting outer space, thanks to dominance by rich white businessmen and politicians.

From the NYT Book Review Section, ‘Ladies Who Launch: Women Who Opened the Door to Space Exploration’

Read at NYTimes.com.

Janna Levin discusses THE GLASS UNIVERSE: HOW THE LADIES OF THE HARVARD OBSERVATORY TOOK THE MEASURE OF THE STARS by Dava Sobel and HIDDEN FIGURES: THE AMERICAN DREAM AND THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BLACK WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS WHO HELPED WIN THE SPACE RACE by Margot Lee Shetterly.

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