philip_cardella ,
@philip_cardella@historians.social avatar

I have a friend, a white cishet male. He did all the right stuff in high school and college. Crazy stuff. Got the grades.

He dreamed of being a NASA engineer. He applied for an internship at NASA and finished 12th. There were 10 spots. He missed it.

He was explicitly told he only lost because he was a white male and they let ties go to people from underrepresented groups.

He was disappointed but not angry. It made sense to him.

Guess what he does now? He's an engineer at NASA.

GlennMG ,
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@philip_cardella

We can only rise above the ugly and unethical inheritances from the past by offering of ourselves to assist in correcting them. To only escape into the gifts of the past and wear blinders to the rest is cowardice.
Respect to your friend, a person who acted on this knowlege.

North ,
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@philip_cardella he gave up a promising career as an irrelevant right-wing youtube grifter to work for NASA??

mrcompletely ,
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@philip_cardella 👑

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