this is what moms of boys are complaining about

[Anonymous]

Look at this poster series:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=PosterEnvy+astronaut&qid=1609783767&ref=sr_pg_1

I specifically wanted a set of four posters that looked like this featuring different famous astronauts:

https://www.amazon.com/Mae-Jemison-African-American-Astronaut/dp/B00YATP4CQ/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=PosterEnvy+astronaut&qid=1609783767&sr=8-5

I was figuring that I’d find four American astronauts that looked different and hang them together. I counted over 30 posters. Only one white man, and he died in space. I am not putting that on DC’s wall. I’m all for representation, and I was figuring on having two men, including a white man and a male pic, and two women of color. I just can’t understand why white American men have NO place in a set of 30 posters. None. I’m not asking for our specific ethnic group, just a token appearance. Where is Neil Armstrong? How is this not discrimination?

[Anonymous]

How will he ever find a role model in this cruel world?

[Anonymous]

Neil Armstrong on the moon is literally the most ubiquitous image of an astronaut in all of media. Not sure what your point is? I put “neil armstrong poster” into amazon and got tons of results.

[Anonymous]

As the mother of a boy, please shut up. You're making us look bad. Literally thousands of years of "might makes right" and male privilege, and more recently, hundreds of years of white male privilege, and you're whining because we're starting to think about considering that, perhaps, we should slowly correct that balance???

[Anonymous]

Type in Neil Armstrong to amazon and you will see hundreds of Neil Armstrong posters.

What TF is wrong with you?

[Anonymous]

There are plenty of posters of Neil Armstrong available. Your complaint is that you can't find them from a specific series? That's not a real problem.

[Anonymous]

How come Asian and Black men don't count?

[Anonymous]

You will find no shortage of merchandise, overall, to complete your goal of hanging white male astronauts on your son's wall. Maybe not that exact art series, but yes, you can't tell me that you and your son will never be more than about four clicks away from purchasing a white male astronaut poster of some sort.

FFS.

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure I 100% agree with your premise, but that really is kind of funny. I just googled "famous astronaut posters" and you are really right haha. If you were just born yesterday and googled famous astronauts, you would definitely think that most astronauts were black women.

[Anonymous]

Go on Amazon and search for "Neil Armstrong Astronaut Poster" and you'll find one. Took me one minute.

[Anonymous]

Wow. I feel dumber for having read your post OP. Don't ever say this to anyone in real life.

- Mom of two white boys

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look at this poster series:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=PosterEnvy+astronaut&qid=1609783767&ref=sr_pg_1

I specifically wanted a set of four posters that looked like this featuring different famous astronauts:

https://www.amazon.com/Mae-Jemison-African-American-Astronaut/dp/B00YATP4CQ/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=PosterEnvy+astronaut&qid=1609783767&sr=8-5

I was figuring that I’d find four American astronauts that looked different and hang them together. I counted over 30 posters. Only one white man, and he died in space. I am not putting that on DC’s wall. I’m all for representation, and I was figuring on having two men, including a white man and a male pic, and two women of color. I just can’t understand why white American men have NO place in a set of 30 posters. None. I’m not asking for our specific ethnic group, just a token appearance. Where is Neil Armstrong? How is this not discrimination?

You're saying ONE amazon seller not selling the poster you want is discrimination? LOOOOOOOL is this not the EPITOME of white privilege. I hope you're a troll.

[Anonymous]

But dads of boys don't have a problem with it? If the dads see nothing wrong, then there's nothing wrong.

[Anonymous]

Lotsa white men here.

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/sfa/sfa-posters

[Anonymous]

Mom of boys here, I've never complained about such nonsense. This is not on my radar at all. If this is your complaint you will have a very difficult time with the teen years.