{"id":2586861,"date":"2026-04-03T11:13:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-astronaut-victor-glover-utterly-destroy-a-reporters-disgraceful-dei-question-about-his-being-black\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:16:31","slug":"watch-astronaut-victor-glover-utterly-destroy-a-reporters-disgraceful-dei-question-about-his-being-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-astronaut-victor-glover-utterly-destroy-a-reporters-disgraceful-dei-question-about-his-being-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Astronaut Victor Glover Utterly Destroy a Reporter&#8217;s Disgraceful DEI Question About His Being Black"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-astronaut-victor-glover-utterly-destroy-a-reporters-disgraceful-dei-question-about-his-being-black%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2586861&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece discusses NASA\u2019s Artemis II mission, which launched from Kennedy Space Center with Victor Glover as pilot, marking the first crewed Moon flyby as Apollo missions. It centers on a notable exchange: reporters asked whether Glover\u2019s race as the first Black astronaut to be in this role matters, to which he responded by emphasizing humanity and human history over racial milestones. He acknowledged the tension of the question but urged that the focus should be on what the mission means for all of humanity, not on race or gender.<\/p>\n<p>The article argues that identity-politics framing of Glover\u2019s achievement is counterproductive and risks suggesting that his race, rather than merit, led to his selection. It asserts that Glover earned his place through merit and that continuing to foreground race diminishes the significance of his accomplishments. It also touches on broader themes of portrayal, noting that stories of women and people of color can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeff-bezos-heading-to-space-after-resigning-as-amazon-ceo\/\" title=\"Jeff Bezos Heading To Space After Resigning As Amazon CEO\">inspire future generations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-lawmaker-pushes-sex-ed-overhaul-teaching-gender-identity-to-5-year-olds-anal-sex-to-11-year-olds\/\" title=\"New York Lawmaker Pushes Sex Ed Overhaul: Teaching \u2018Gender Identity\u2019 To 5-Year-Olds, \u2018Anal Sex\u2019 To 11-Year-Olds\">including young people<\/a> who can see themselves reflected in space exploration.<\/p>\n<p>A social media excerpt is cited praising glover\u2019s response, reinforcing the idea that the mission is about human history rather than specific demographic milestones. the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >piece emphasizes merit-based achievement<\/a> in astronaut selection and calls for focusing on humanity\u2019s shared history rather than dividing identity politics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, members of the group Diversity, Equity and Inclusion claim to help are also exhausted with it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/nasa-artemis-ii-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a> reported Thursday NASA&rsquo;s Artemis II took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida the previous day for a mission around the moon.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot for that mission is Astronaut Victor Glover. While being part of the first mission since Apollo 53 years ago to go to the moon is an achievement in itself, reporters could not resist asking Glover about something far less important: being the first black man to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Glover handled the question well, shifting the emphasis away from a milestone for a race and towards what this meant for humanity.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is a big question and I want to highlight&hellip; the tension,&rdquo; Glover said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I live in this dichotomy between happiness that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-e-lee-statue-removed-from-us-capitol-video\/\" title=\"Robert E. Lee Statue Removed From US Capitol (VIDEO)\">young woman<\/a> can look at Christina [Astronaut and Artemis II crew member Christina Koch] and just physicalize her passion or her interest, or even if it&rsquo;s not something she wants to do, she can just be like, &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-wants-ideas-for-movies-that-will-appeal-to-young-men-i-have-a-few\/\" title=\"Disney Wants Ideas For Movies That Will Appeal To Young Men. I Have A Few\">girl power&#038;rsquo<\/a>; and that&rsquo;s awesome.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And that young brown boys and girls can look at me and go, &lsquo;Hey, he looks like me and he&rsquo;s doing what?&rsquo; and that&rsquo;s great and I love that, but I also hope we are pushing the other direction that one day we don&rsquo;t have to talk about these first that one day this is just the human history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; WOW! Artemis II pilot Victor Glover gives the PERFECT response to a leftist reporter asking about skin color<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I hope we push that one day&hellip;it&rsquo;s about human history, humanity, NOT &lsquo;black history,&rsquo; not &lsquo;women&rsquo;s history,&rsquo; but that it becomes human history!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>RIGHT ON!&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XpY1HcWR7U\">pic.twitter.com\/XpY1HcWR7U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2039765917786124579?\">April 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s about human history,&rdquo; Glover said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the story of humanity, not black history, not women&rsquo;s history, but that it becomes human history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The question about Glover&rsquo;s race is peculiar to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>Do black people float differently in space? What about women?<\/p>\n<p>This identity politics-fueled line of questioning to perpetuate these divisive narratives is losing its shine even with the people it claims to lift up.<\/p>\n<p>Glover is an astronaut. This is a role he finds himself in through merit.<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;ve unfortunately lost astronauts on failed missions before. Glover&rsquo;s race ranks dead last among the reasons why he&rsquo;s in this high-stakes position.<\/p>\n<p>There is a patronizing and subtle bigotry here in creating doubt about the achievements of black Americans.<\/p>\n<p>The question about Glover&rsquo;s race can only plant the seeds that his hard work is not what brought him here, but the way he looks.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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CBS News reported that NASA\u2019s Artemis II mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, with astronaut Victor Glover as pilot, on a mission around the Moon. While circling the Moon marks a significant achievement-the first such mission since Apollo-reporters pressed Glover about being the first Black man in that role. Glover responded by shifting the focus from a race-based milestone to what the mission means for humanity, acknowledging the tension but emphasizing that the story is about human history rather than Black history or women\u2019s history. He argued that the emphasis should be on humanity as a whole, rather than on identity categories.<\/p>\n<p>The piece then critiques the line of questioning as identity-politics that can undermine the merit-based nature of Glover\u2019s achievement, suggesting that his race should not cast doubt on his qualifications. It portrays the questions as patronizing and divisive, no longer necessary if the emphasis is on human progress. The article notes that Glover\u2019s reaction was widely praised on social media as a strong stance against focusing on race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2586862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Michael-Featured-Image-858.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13252,16574,5157,5069,77097],"class_list":["post-2586861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-astronaut","tag-dei","tag-journalism","tag-race","tag-victorglover"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Michael-Featured-Image-858.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2586861"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2586866,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586861\/revisions\/2586866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2586862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2586861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2586861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2586861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}