[Consultant32452]

This is a new form of white supremacy, where the article author goes out of their way to mention the white race in association with accomplishments. I find the trend to be extremely creepy.

Edit: clarifying I mean the article author

[dsfyu404ed]

To be fair the author was the one who mentioned it first. I tend to agree with the GP here. The lack diversity cred of a bunch of dudes 60yr ago is not really worth mentioning. It has no bearing on the content of the article and only serves as a distraction from the main subject. Considering who the author[0] is I don't think this was an attempt to "point out the accomplishments of the white race" or something like that.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivka_Galchen

[pjc50]

It was certainly commented on at the time: https://genius.com/Gil-scott-heron-whitey-on-the-moon-annota...

The moon landing program ran concurrently with civil rights conflict on the ground.

[Iv]

I read it as "this is the society that it was. That's how long it was." The 60s were the decade of the space program and of desegregation in school.

[Consultant32452]

I was also agreeing with the GP. The author of the article is the one exhibiting white supremacist behavior by mentioning it in the article when it's unnecessary.

[Balero]

I read it as exactly the opposite. A critique of how these people were chosen, all required to be this static template.

[Consultant32452]

Lacing white supremacy with sentiments of guilt or condemnation doesn't make it any less an example of white supremacy. Perhaps the least interesting thing about the people who went to the moon is the color of their skin. Only racists care what color their skin was. Old school white supremacists say it's great that they were white, new school white supremacists are upset that the whites did so well (are/were supreme). Both are racist, and we'd be better off moving past them.

[imtringued]

What the hell? You are reading so much into a single sentence and skipping the entire context surrounding it. According to the article the moon landing was just a political stunt that did not result in any progress toward space exploration. In fact it actually marks the end of human space travel. The fact that only a single country went to the moon is not impressive. It is damning. Space has become uninteresting and no one wants to go there.

[Jtsummers]

Are you referring to the article with this comment?

[Consultant32452]

Yes, the article.