Neil deGrasse Tyson Talks about Being Black

[semtex]

wonderful answer. neil needs to be more outspoken on these issues. i know he's popular cause he's seen as a safe negro but i think it would shed light on the issues preventing more black folks from getting into the sciences.

Hard to imagine the black community accepting anyone that doesn't believe in jeezuh.

 

[Swagnificent]

Hard to imagine the black community accepting anyone that doesn't believe in jeezuh.

muhammad ali, malcolm x, louis farakhan say hi.

but i know what you mean. atheism is still taboo but thats mostly for the same reasons there aren't many black astrophysicists......IGNORANCE.

 

[wire28]

damn how i miss this thread

glad some of yall went in on you know who for me

@Hawaiian Punch droppin gem after gem other brehs too

anything i needed to say has already been touched on. and i definitely agree that it'd be nice if neil was a little more outspoken, most assuredly it would probably mess his money up but we cant continue to have figures like kobe and pharrell taking the role as honorary president of black america

 

[Jhoon]

you so free from racism that you don't know how to spell discriminated

he isnt like us, that word isnt in his lexicon

 

[Jhoon]

damn how i miss this thread

glad some of yall went in on you know who for me

@Hawaiian Punch droppin gem after gem other brehs too

anything i needed to say has already been touched on. and i definitely agree that it'd be nice if neil was a little more outspoken, most assuredly it would probably mess his money up but we cant continue to have figures like kobe and pharrell taking the role as honorary president of black america

both of us can exist bruh. The c00ns just need to be lambasted and place in the spotlight so their ignorance can be witnessed.

 

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This is a very important video to watch. His parents were deep in the civil rights game.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

I do agree with you, but there was something about his spirit that would have guided him to what he became. Personally I think Malcolm X was a born leader. There are just certain qualities that you cannot teach. I still believe that had he been properly encouraged as a youth and became a lawyer he still would have been an activist or community leader. Plus keep in mind that his father being killed by the klan and the injustices his mother faced would had shaped him enough to desire change.

On top of that, Malcolm being a lawyer wouldn't have made living under Jim Crow any better. He would have still been upset at what he was seeing.