[wbill]

presence of a renowned African American rocket scientist in a very successful position

This is just me talking, here, but I would prefer to be "A Renowned Rocket Scientist"....

NOT a "Renowned Caucasian-Irish-American Rocket Scientist".

I'm guessing, but the scientist in question might not have enjoyed being referred to like an exhibit at a zoo. "Class, lookit the intelligent, motivated, successful black guy, he's hard to find in the wild".

The fact that the field trip was for black kids only, is just icing on the cake. Sanctimonious liberal prejudice never fails to disgust me.

[MrB]

like an exhibit at a zoo

Like the Australian aborigine that was on display at the World's Fair as an example of "human evolution".