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A Reporter Asked Artemis II Astronaut About Race. His Response Was Perfect
PJ Media ^ | 4-2-26 | Matt Margolis

Posted on 04/03/2026 1:29:01 PM PDT by MarlonRando

Here's the thing, though. When the Telegraph asked Glover about being the first black astronaut to make this journey, his response didn’t exactly follow the usual script.

He said: "It is a big question, and I wanna highlight, I guess maybe one facet of this is the tension, I call it. I live in this, and you know, this dichotomy between happiness that a young woman can look at Christina and just physicalize her, her passion or her interests, or even if it's not something she wants to do, she can just be like, 'Girl power,' and that's awesome.”

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TOPICS: Education; History; UFO's
KEYWORDS: multiplrfricks; race; space; thegagline
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when I was a kid and I used to watch Star Trek I never really thought about Sulu being Japanese or Chekhov being Russian— I thought they were people on a ship, pushing buttons and doing stuff.

The only thing that bothers me about the fellow’s answer is that it’s a little, um, street?

"It is a big question, and I wanna highlight, I guess maybe one facet of this is the tension, I call it. I live in this, and you know, this dichotomy between happiness that a young woman can look at Christina and just physicalize her, her passion or her interests, or even if it's not something she wants to do, she can just be like..”

what the hell did I just read?

God bless them all and safe return journey.

1 posted on 04/03/2026 1:29:01 PM PDT by MarlonRando
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when I was a kid and I used to watch Star Trek I never really thought about Sulu being Japanese or Chekhov being Russian

Before DEI it was assumed that everyone made it on merit.

2 posted on 04/03/2026 1:34:08 PM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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“The only thing that bothers me about the fellow’s answer is that it’s a little, um, street? what the hell did I just read?”

I think your complaint about his language is more an artifact of something in you than it is an objective assessment of Victor Glover’s language.

Maybe you’re a snowflake. Don’t misunderstand, you have every right.

But you’re way overreacting about Glover’s language. (Careful, the racial division squad on this site might think you’re one of them.)


3 posted on 04/03/2026 1:34:25 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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I’m just saying that’s not the Queen’s English, mate.


4 posted on 04/03/2026 1:35:26 PM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: MarlonRando

NASA has gone from the Right Stuff to the right color and right gender.


5 posted on 04/03/2026 1:35:32 PM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead)
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To: MarlonRando

Response perfect? For what? Not answering the question or continuing to spew the propaganda script or carefully worded BS Babble?

What codswallop.


6 posted on 04/03/2026 1:35:41 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: MarlonRando

“”It is a big question, and I wanna highlight, I guess maybe one facet of this is the tension, I call it. I live in this, and you know, this dichotomy between happiness that a young woman can look at Christina and just physicalize her, her passion or her interests, or even if it’s not something she wants to do, she can just be like..””

Sounds like word salad that AOC or Kamala would spew out.


7 posted on 04/03/2026 1:36:51 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: MarlonRando

Guion Bluford reflects on being first Black astronaut in ...Guion "Guy" Bluford Jr. became the first Black astronaut in space on August 30, 1983, as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-8).

8 posted on 04/03/2026 1:37:03 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Sequoyah101

I can understand this guy, and he’s over 140 years old—

https://youtu.be/Ui53NDV0xbo?si=FijqNJUsfRc8OlWr


9 posted on 04/03/2026 1:37:56 PM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: plain talk

I just want my spacemen to sound a little more precise is all. Hey, maybe I’m alone on this.


10 posted on 04/03/2026 1:40:00 PM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: rdcbn1

YEP, NASA and most defense contractors have gone woke. Even to the point of human resources trying to eliminate conservative employees to suck up to the deep state power brokers.


11 posted on 04/03/2026 1:40:05 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MarlonRando

We’ve already had diverse crews slam into the ocean or burn up on re-entry. Nevermind on the battlefield.

When do these divisive, bullshit questions cease?

If you’re on the team, you better worry more about doing a good job than anything else.


12 posted on 04/03/2026 1:46:11 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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“It is a big question, and I wanna highlight, I guess maybe one facet of this is the tension, I call it.”


Reminds me of NeilDeSomethingCrass. He sounds like a lunatic as if this Lunar mission has already knocked on his head. Or he is just a dumb DEI hire, like many from NASA.


13 posted on 04/03/2026 1:46:42 PM PDT by miniTAX
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Do you think this astronaut realizes that he may just be the token black member? The woman too. Did they get there on merit or for any scientific purpose?


14 posted on 04/03/2026 1:47:12 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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“It’s about human history. It’s the story of humanity, not black history, not women’s history “

Seems plenty clear to me.


15 posted on 04/03/2026 1:48:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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let’s just say if I’m on a gurney, and I need brain surgery, and I overhear my surgeon saying something like that, I’m going to get off of the gurney with the tubes still hanging in my brain, and I’m going to say, “ you know what guys, I’ll be right back. I’ve got a cigarette going back there..”
And then I’ll point and just run like hell


16 posted on 04/03/2026 1:49:31 PM PDT by MarlonRando
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Now a days, that’s “the King’s English”, mate.


17 posted on 04/03/2026 1:49:52 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: MarlonRando

This crew has very little experience.

I think this the second trip into space for only 1 of them the others have never been off planet.

That’s what had me scratching my head.


18 posted on 04/03/2026 1:51:16 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: MarlonRando

I’m so not into this new EMO world. The Apollo team was all business and zero emotion. All talk then was about the mission.

The wokeness takes the fun out of it.


19 posted on 04/03/2026 1:51:21 PM PDT by central_va (I won’t be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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maybe they just remote pilot it from Florida


20 posted on 04/03/2026 1:51:49 PM PDT by MarlonRando
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