Astrophysicist Natalie Gosnell says field is riddled with ‘white supremacy’

NYpost.com ^ | 1/17/23 | Olivia Land

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Astrophysicist Natalie Gosnell says field is riddled with ‘white supremacy’

It’s a different kind of space race.

A Colorado astrophysicist who says the field is paralyzed by “systemic racism and white supremacy” and “very violent and hyper-masculine” terminology — such as “vampire star” or “cannibal star” — is speaking out about combating these issues in the classroom and beyond.

“As an astrophysicist, I’m a product of institutions that are steeped in systemic racism and white supremacy,” Natalie Gosnell, PhD, an assistant professor of physics at Colorado College, said in an interview published in the school’s newspaper this month.

Gosnell, who holds a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and is a recipient of the prestigious Cottrell Scholar Award, argued that “tenets of white supremacy” like “individualism and exceptionalism and perfectionism” shape everything from the direction of physics research to the language used by scientists.

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Colorado College?!? Are you kidding me? 30 years ago that was a school for washed out bi-coastal stoner losers. It seems that things have accelerated.....