Posted on 09/18/2024 3:47:07 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The blatant anti-white discrimination at NASA has led to bloated budgets, caustic work conditions, and many of our best engineers leaving the field.
The spotlight tends to shine on NASA only when a tragedy occurs or when there are issues such as the recent ones with Boeing’s Starliner. The removal of that spotlight coupled with incompetent congressional leadership has left NASA without a strong sense of purpose. This alone would be enough to damage the space program, but there’s another rather large issue: for decades, NASA has engaged in open discrimination against white male engineers. This discrimination has led to bloated budgets, caustic work conditions, and many of our best engineers leaving the field.
The subcontractor issue
Years ago, NASA decided that there were too many white male engineers. However, there simply weren’t enough engineers of other races or of the opposite sex to hire — even with the racially based preferences, mentoring, etc. that NASA has in place. The solution that the government came up with was to let people of other races form “companies” called “subcontrators.” NASA would then give those engineering jobs at Lockheed (LM), Boeing, NASA, etc. specifically to those companies. Those companies would then hire those same white male engineers. The engineers do the same work in the same building, as if they were hired directly by those companies, but now those white male engineers count toward minority statistics.
NASA will publicly claim that this saves money. The reality is that those white male engineers make less than they would if they worked directly for LM, Boeing, or NASA, as a cut of their salary goes to the subcontracting company. Those engineers can never be promoted, as they were hired into that “seat” and not into the parent company. They also lose their jobs...
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
They even have minority owned engineering companies in this racket that are owned by Eskimos and by Native American Indians. And it is DoD too, not just NASA that does this.
Progressives sure are regressive.
NASA is becoming an even bigger JOKE!!!
This is DIRECTLY from a current NASA engineering job posting - “Fosters a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champions NASAs commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.”
DEI is clearly and PROUDLY mentioned TWICE. It also appears that EXCELLENCE & INNOVATION are somewhat downplayed and just tossed in as an afterthought.
NASA = DEI = Didn’t Earn It!!!!!
Bkmk
“Houston, you ARE the problem.”
DEI is just a silly Halloween mask that Marxists wear...and Marxism is so good, they have to force it on you.
Ayn Rand warned us........................
So people who believe math is racist are given jobs that rely on a full understanding of advanced mathematics, what could possibly go wrong?
BTTT
If quality isn’t the priority..
I don’t know why some people can’t see why this is a disaster. I mean, it’s not rocket science.
For one, Starliner.
The taxpayers, whose money went into this boondoggle, will never know the reasons why there were so many problems, delays and malfunctions in the program. But you can bet DEI was involved.
Excellent article and it explains a great deal. It should be mandatory reading for any young engineer. Your skills are not appreciated, you’re just another slave.
This has been happening at Wright Patterson for decades. I remember getting an award from the commander of Wrigt Laboratory as a contractor and that was a BFD at the time. I got a dime an hour pay cut and saw my “company” health insurance contribution increase 160 dollars a month. AMF, lol.
My son is a brilliant aerospace engineer who has an innate math mind. He works for a private space company which is where it’s at these days. Government is and always has been a bureaucratic mess.
And they promote a work culture where the work goal is a “process” not outcome. This is now true for all technical work in government.
This is Obama’s communist AmeriKa! It will start changing in January!!
If quality isn’t the priority..
If you want to see where this leads, look at South Africa.
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