I look at these images, and I’m still tripping off the fact that that’s ME.
Before playing Danielle Poole, I never thought much about space, because growing up I was never really exposed to space. (Cont.)
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People have these tropes they tell their kids, like “you can be anything you want to be”. But as a kid, the things you believe you can BE, are the things that you SEE. Sure, most can name Mae Jemison, the 1st black woman to go to space, but can you name any others?
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Trick question: there’s only been 2 since Mae; the last was in 2006.

I’m grateful that in the world of For All Mankind, it’s not out of the ordinary for there to be an astronaut who is not just a woman, but an African American woman. (Cont.)
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And I hope the fictional world that we’ve created, expands the minds of what ANY young person believes they can do with their future.

Cuz it’s damn sure expanded mine.

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