Space Race

My liminal space is being categorized by my race even though I am biracial. Growing up in a border town, Laredo, Texas, as half black and half Mexican was difficult because people would say offensive comments without realizing it. Such as " Wow! You don't look black!" , "You look nothing like your mother!" , or "Your hair is nice considering the mix. School is not difficult, but it was not easy for me because many ignorant people but as "How come you don't act or talk black?", knowing that I…

sources cover these race-based controversies. Specifically, I want to discuss the impact mainstream media has in negatively framing the black victims of unmediated force. The continuation of mass produced misrepresentations of black communities has resulted in the formation of safe spaces for ethnic minorities to fight back against these prejudices. I plan to take a closer look at how these spaces form on social media and work to force mainstream media to correct how they report on race based…

The Space Traders begin with the arrival of an extraterrestrial species, named Space Traders, which offer a solution to the current financial and environmental crises that America faces for an exchange of the current African American population. This initial offer was greeted with overwhelming support by the white population who viewed the space traders as being pleasant and unthreatening. Conversely, the black population did not share the same enthusiasm toward the space traders and disapproved…

groups are isolated together. The creation of ghettos proliferates the idea that cultural characteristics can explain poverty; making those who live in ghettos at fault for their situation rather than a product of their environment. As well as making race responsible for poor living conditions rather than being caused by segregation and inequality. It is the lack of infrastructure, not necessarily the people within a community that make an undesirable place to…

I found it was rather comical in the movie as NASA purposely crippled themselves by trying to keep many bright African-Americans minds that showed nothing but promise anyway from the project. It seemed rather foolish to do this especially during space race with the Soviet Union as America was falling behind and were in desperate need to have an edge on Russia. Apparently from the movie the only people who actually wanted to make history where the three main characters Kathrine, Dorothy, and…

The Labyrinth of Renewed Conversation is a public art intervention that intends to offer not only a “public experience of space but rather public debate that becomes the work of art,” something that “can end with its acceptance or rejection” (Hein, 1996: 4) (North, 1990: 860–879). Labyrinth of Renewed Conversation seeks to demonstrate the somewhat ‘knotty’ situation that students have faced in South Africa with regards to the #FeesMustFall movement. Saleem Badat expresses that the #FeesMustFall…

New York University, agrees in that we should colonize Mars, in which it would benefit our race in…

Within the American culture, sexual desire between races is regarded a highly problematic issue. In addition, for many societies, there are gender roles that are ascribed for males and females. For many years, Americans have expurgated sexual associations between blacks and whites because this has been regarded as a taboo. The portrayal of inter-racial sex is thorough in Hollywood stories that represent debates surrounding the questions of race and sex. Candyman is a movie produced in 1992 that…

Understanding the Critical Race Theory and the Theorizing Whiteness theory The Critical Race Theory can be best explained as a movement that critically analyses race and racism from a legal point of view (Farganis 2014). The Critical Race Theory movement dates way back to the mid-1970s as a movement in law but over the years, it has extended over to other disciplines (Delgado & Stefancic 2006). One of the most prominent figures of the Critical Race Theory was Derrick Bell. The Critical Race…

Should the government be funding space exploration? What has come out of the United States space program and is it worth the investment? Does space exploration have to be government run, or are there alternative ways to explore the universe? It is questions like these that must be answered when determining the future of space exploration. Despite the dream of space exploration being a peaceful one, the space program only came about as the result of the cold war. The program improved the…