URL: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis-2-pilot-victor-glover-whitey-on-the-moon-
"Whitey on the Moon" is a spoken-word poem by Gil Scott-Heron published and set to music in 1970. It recounts the challenges of doctor bills, taxes and high rent for Black Americans at a time when the U.S. was spending billions to send astronauts to the moon and beat the Soviet Union during the Cold War space race.
"That song reminds me that, at that time, that community, which is very similar to the community I grew up in, they didn't feel heard," Glover told me. "And so it's a reminder to me that there are more perspectives and more stories out there than you'll hear from the people cheering for NASA on a regular basis."
"But those people? We work for them too."