That’s one example of a limited program that casts a very narrow net. I am glad it exists however.

 

still an unfair advantage. I’d have totally banged an unattractive wealthy woman to further my career.

#kiddingbutnotreally

 

Over 2 million rides given (all donated by volunteers) and it’s all over the country, with no real barriers to entry. How is that limited and a very narrow net? It’s one part of many organizations that do outreach and give exposure, and in this case it is to literally anybody who wants it, at no cost to the kids, and is a net that seems to me to be cast pretty wide. If you don’t already, you should go to your local EAA chapter and volunteer with their outreach and expand the net to your liking.

 

You shouldn’t bother responding to me anymore. You spoiled the possibility of an actual conversation.

 

If your arguments were solid, then you wouldn’t hesitate to make them. But as soon as you get called out for your statement that someone has to be a certain (the same) race to be a role model (isn’t that judging someone by the color of their skin?), you disengage. Got it. See ya.

edited to add: I just got woke from your comments and realized my mixed ethnicity kids won’t see me as a role model since I’m white. Any suggestions on where I can find a mixed ethnicity role model for them? Not a lot of people with their particular percentages running around who “look like them.” I guess they are doomed since they can’t have role models? See how asinine your position sounds yet?

 

again, you lost any chance at a reasonable discussion. You’re wasting your breath typing that.

 

...you two married?

 

All the people who are advocating for this type of discrimination, claiming that minorities don’t have enough role models to inspire them.

I’m a white guy. I had not a single person in my family in aviation. I always saw airplanes and thought, “I want to be a pilot one day.” Never met an airline pilot until the day I went to college for flight training. Imagine that, she was a woman. Literally didn’t matter to anyone. What mattered is she was smart, intelligent, and a great teacher.
My parents never pushed me to fly; in fact they didn’t even know how to help me get a license, I had to figure it out on my own with Google. I had to work 2-3 jobs to pay for my flight training. I did it on my own and worked hard. Scholarships would have been nice, but the reality is it’s much harder for an average white male to win any of those.

Wake up and expect people to take responsibility for their actions and stop trying to be a savior, for real. I’ve literally never met someone who said, “oh, I can’t be a pilot. I’m black and I don’t think black people can be pilots.”

My dad was in sheet metal construction, my mom was a 2nd grade teacher. We didn’t have a lot of money. They pushed me to do well in school cuz they wanted us to have a better financial life than they did


Also this idea that you can’t have role modes of a different race, what the heck? I have many black, Asian, women etc, role models. Since when did ethnicity determine a person’s ability to be a role model? Give me a break

 

it’s a narrow net, ok! Narrow! Bunch of Pasty old BOOMERs showcasing their white privilege.

-sarcasm off-

Young Eagles is an outstanding program. I strongly recommend volunteering if you can. Very rewarding to see the effect on the kids. Same with aviation charter schools, they’re always looking for guest speakers and role models.

 

Yet here you are responding, but with nothing of substance to support your assertion that one can only have a role model who is the same skin color.

If I said “I would only look up to a white person because I’m white,” and that I wouldn’t consider to be role models the Tuskegee airmen, Michael Jordan, Colin Powell, Condi Rice, Tiger Woods (formerly, and in limited capacity now due to some of his personal issues, but one of my childhood role models nonetheless), and many others I’ve looked up to in my life, because “they didn’t look like me,” you would (rightfully) call me a racist, because I would be judging someone and limiting their influence on me solely because of their skin color. When I call you on advocating for the same, you no longer want to discuss it. Hmmm.

You want to express/impose your beliefs that people can only look up to those who are of the same race. I grew up using MLK’s “judge people by their character, not the color of their skin” idea as a moral compass. Why are you advocating for judging, dividing and separating, and treating people differently based on their skin color? Isn’t that going back many decades with race relations? I guess that’s 2021 “progress” though.