The surprising reasons there are so few Black people in the Space industry
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on January 4, 2024
The Black Lives Matter movement has reignited an awakening inside the space and astrophysics community, with Black astrophysicists staging protests and walkouts to raise awareness about the stark diversity problem and structural racism in their field.
“I faced many academic challenges with people who thought that I was not good enough to be an astronomer,”