Optional to scienceEnglish · 17 days agoSay It With Us: Paola Nogales-Ascarrunzimagemessage-square127linkfedilinkarrow-up1409arrow-down164
arrow-up1345arrow-down1imageSay It With Us: Paola Nogales-AscarrunzOptional to scienceEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square127linkfedilink
minus-squaregmtomlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·17 days agoHave people been assuming they’re a white guy? I can’t even really think of a context when discussing the cat when the scientists gender and especially race would come up?
minus-squareraeflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoI am normally pretty pessimistic, but can’t imagine this either, like someone would say “did you hear about that new cat they found?” not “hey, did you hear about that new cat some white, straight, Christian guy found?”
Have people been assuming they’re a white guy?
I can’t even really think of a context when discussing the cat when the scientists gender and especially race would come up?
I am normally pretty pessimistic, but can’t imagine this either, like someone would say “did you hear about that new cat they found?” not “hey, did you hear about that new cat some white, straight, Christian guy found?”
It appears to be a US American thing.