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I would argue that the level of success and contribution despite racism, which is a significant hurdle, makes it so that nothing is being inflated. Also I get

I would argue that the level of success and contribution despite racism, which is a significant hurdle, makes it so that nothing is being inflated. Also I get your point that at NASA and in the USA we have mostly white scientist until recently, but I take issue with your statement about the majority of scientific achievements. Historically there are thousands upon thousands of Arab and Chinese scientific achievements, to name a few cultures that aren't white. I don't think that is what you meant though.

Thorentis 6y ago
Why should the US put up statues of people that weren't not from the United States? Yes, there were plenty of scientific achievements in centuries gone by. But there is a big difference between not putting up statues of Chinese-Americans, and not putting up statues of people from ancient China. Those are two completely incomparable celebrations of success. There will be many people from thousands of years ago who made discoveries who we will never know about. That's not the point here.