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astronomy has a colonialism problem | Dr. Fatima (youtu.be)
submitted 8 months ago by TempermentalAnomaly to c/breadtube
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my desperate plea for scientists to give a shit about imperialism

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Of all the places where a video like this would be taken seriously, or at least met with substantial criticism.... I'd think it'd be this one. Kneejerk downvotes for a video with this title would make perfect sense from reactionaries, but I thought we'd be far away from those here.

Could the topic of how astronomy as a profession enables colonial sentiment be launched into faster? Sure. But does that make it wrong when a telescope gets treated as more important than indigenous populations gets launched into? Hell no. Incendiary title does not a bad argument make.