Space Race

through the lenses of gender and sexuality. This new perspective when applied to a deep history works concurrently to show how pre-existing gender ideologies impacted the building of global empires and how gender ideologies were formed in colonized spaces, such as India and Africa. In other words, Levine argues that not only do gender topics find a place in the history of the british empire, as it does in all social histories, but that a gendered perspective to explore this history is crucial to…

The most common ghetto is a black ghetto; it is more spread all over the United States. It is an area usually characterized by poverty and poor living conditions, which constitutes racial specialization; housing many people of a similar religion, race or nationality. A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, generally as a result of economic, legal, or social pressure. It is known as the hood or the inner city, the part of an American city where almost everyone is…

Trotter et al., argue that class is more important than race but it’s still a factor when mentioning the labor market. In a chapter, called “Race, Class, and Space: An Examination of Underclass notions in the Steel and Motor Cities” by Karen J. Gibson argues “that the underclass suffer the compound effects of race and class” (Trotter et al. 2010:188). Gibson implies that the black middle class have yet to make it because they still experience…

childhood was spent with four women. They constructed a space for me that was void of the manacles of racial standards, an expanse free for me to roam and wallow freely in its immaculate glory. As i endeavored to America, this space shrunk further and further until it had transformed into a cramped chamber. For the first time, I had to grapple with what it meant to be black, to have your skin’s pigment be brimmed with melanin. The concept of race was vehemently thrust into my mouth, leaving a…

The third article is about gentrification, which ties in heavily with the idea of spacial control, how the government uses the space it controls to dominate certain groups of people and also the community aspect of space and what it means to share the space. Although the article touches upon some statistics of who is affected and it points towards people of color, there is very little agreement or reference to the fact that gentrification affects people of color the most and is usually…

The Contemporary Importance of NASA Funding This year, 2016, is the 57th anniversary of NASA, or, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In those 57 years, NASA has accomplished a lot; landing humans on the moon, sending robots to mars, amongst many other feats. Whilst these things once seemed impossible, more and more so they're becoming standard things to NASA. Despite this, many people nowadays feel that government money spent on NASA is a waste of funding, and they don't fully…

discussion on multiculturalism, he stated, “race and ethnicity have always shaped our national identity, we just don’t admit that”. This statement could not hold any more truth. To define these terms, race refers to biological traits that are considered socially significant, including factors like the color of our skin color or hair texture. Ethnicity includes more factors of culture, such as a common language or form of dress (“Race and Ethnicity Defined”). Race relations have had and still do…

There have been numerous missions into space since the beginning of the 20th century. With the constant evolution of technology, it has become much easier to further our understanding of the universe through the exploration of celestial structures. Particularly astronomers have increasingly become curious with the possibility of life on Mars albeit past or present life. The Mars Exploration Rover mission has been one of the biggest success stories with twin rovers, Spirt and Opportunity landing…

ethnic space. Pomona was once a teeming populace of the ideal middle-class. The city consisted of 86% percent Whites and 15% Hispanics during the 1970s, according to the United States Census Bureau. In the 1990s, Pomona experienced a downfall in socio-economic status, was deprived of its middle-class glory, and the flooding of a new ethnic space. Hispanics now occupy Pomona at a staggering 70%, while Whites occupy 48%, according to the 2010 United States Census Bureau. Pomona is an ethnic space…

watching people go where no man has gone before. The next great venture to Mars or even traveling through the depths of our oceans can be just as exciting. All we have to to is dare to go forth. We need to participate in the next major technological race, or we may fall behind both technologically and diplomatically. But how will this affect us scientifically? As we explore, we may stumble upon new laws of nature that apply deep in the oceans or on Mars. New scientific questions will also come…