Artemis II pilot Victor Glover on being asked what it means to be the first black man to visit the moon: “It’s the story of humanity, not black history, not women’s history, but that it becomes human history.”
Artemis II pilot Victor Glover on being asked what it means to be the first black man to visit the moon: “It’s the story of humanity, not black history, not women’s history, but that it becomes human history.”
I’m not sure he could have answered that question better. What a man.
ickysock on
They said they were going for all, and by all. they were floating on business
redacted_robot on
King
padidee on
Aw, between that answer and his hugging of that little kid with Down syndrome, he might become my favorite person this week (year)
throwawaysixties on
I love this so much. Idk about anyone else but sometimes the distinction bothers me, it feels like we’re still segregating. Speaking as a brown woman, like can my history just be history and not be something apart like I’m some alien form? Of course there’s so many facets to this and I understand why separation still comes into discussion but it’s just a little tug I have sometimes.
Wrecktown707 on
Incredible Speech 👏
Ok-Cycle-6589 on
He definitely acknowledges a tension I’ve felt as a longtime star trek fan. Star Trek imagines a future where color and gender stop mattering, where we live in a post-scarcity world where everyone is accounted for and treated truly equally. But at the same time, trek is created in the modern world and is very much aware that it portrays black and brown people and people of all genders through a modern context.
Forsaken-Swim-3055 on
OP totally butchered his quote.
PowderPills on
That was indeed a perfect response. He acknowledges the pride in representing the black community as well as speaking on behalf of Christina representing women, yet he makes it clear that we should strive towards such goals together and not focus on race or gender.
Lorebreaker_ofArarat on
We are one.
Scared-Box8941 on
We are so much better than the few powerful people who control most of the media want us to think. My heart breaks for how may humans are suffering at the hands of the few
I_like_green on
Total Star Trek utopian response. Love it.
KILO-XO on
America is built on racism so it will never happen
AvailableSalt5502 on
This dude is charismatic af.
earth_mail on
An orbit around the moon is not visiting the moon
anneyong69 on
These are the people who should be leading our country
ZookeepergameBig7246 on
I had a layover in Rome and I still wouldn’t claim I visited Italy… this man flew around the moon
tyvanius on
“It’s good to be black on the moon!”
Time_Bid6102 on
Now that is a role model for any young person to look up to.
Aggressive_Sand_3951 on
What he expresses in the second part is an ideal that we want to get to, if we as a society will do the work (and that doesn’t mean to ignore racism or pretend it doesn’t exist) … we’re not there yet. Haven’t ever been. We’re still on the first part.
edc7 on
Victor Glover gets it.
ylimethrow on
Obsessed with all of the Artemis stuff… and I’ve been struggling to pinpoint *why* that is because I’m not particularly inundated with patriotism these days. But this dude just summed it up perfectly. Humans are amazing when they want to be.
lonedroan on
You truncated his answer. He said that there’s a tension between the “happiness” he feels now because of young people seeing these firsts (he mentioned girls seeing Christina and “brown” children seeing him), and the ideal future world where these are commonplace occurrences part of “human history” rather than firsts.
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I’m not sure he could have answered that question better. What a man.
They said they were going for all, and by all. they were floating on business
King
Aw, between that answer and his hugging of that little kid with Down syndrome, he might become my favorite person this week (year)
I love this so much. Idk about anyone else but sometimes the distinction bothers me, it feels like we’re still segregating. Speaking as a brown woman, like can my history just be history and not be something apart like I’m some alien form? Of course there’s so many facets to this and I understand why separation still comes into discussion but it’s just a little tug I have sometimes.
Incredible Speech 👏
He definitely acknowledges a tension I’ve felt as a longtime star trek fan. Star Trek imagines a future where color and gender stop mattering, where we live in a post-scarcity world where everyone is accounted for and treated truly equally. But at the same time, trek is created in the modern world and is very much aware that it portrays black and brown people and people of all genders through a modern context.
OP totally butchered his quote.
That was indeed a perfect response. He acknowledges the pride in representing the black community as well as speaking on behalf of Christina representing women, yet he makes it clear that we should strive towards such goals together and not focus on race or gender.
We are one.
We are so much better than the few powerful people who control most of the media want us to think. My heart breaks for how may humans are suffering at the hands of the few
Total Star Trek utopian response. Love it.
America is built on racism so it will never happen
This dude is charismatic af.
An orbit around the moon is not visiting the moon
These are the people who should be leading our country
I had a layover in Rome and I still wouldn’t claim I visited Italy… this man flew around the moon
“It’s good to be black on the moon!”
Now that is a role model for any young person to look up to.
What he expresses in the second part is an ideal that we want to get to, if we as a society will do the work (and that doesn’t mean to ignore racism or pretend it doesn’t exist) … we’re not there yet. Haven’t ever been. We’re still on the first part.
Victor Glover gets it.
Obsessed with all of the Artemis stuff… and I’ve been struggling to pinpoint *why* that is because I’m not particularly inundated with patriotism these days. But this dude just summed it up perfectly. Humans are amazing when they want to be.
You truncated his answer. He said that there’s a tension between the “happiness” he feels now because of young people seeing these firsts (he mentioned girls seeing Christina and “brown” children seeing him), and the ideal future world where these are commonplace occurrences part of “human history” rather than firsts.