"For my high school graduating class, the white guidance counselor was disturbed to have to select me and another Black student for the top scholarships and awards. We even had separate proms"
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Educators from the United StatesElectrical engineersWomen scientists from the United StatesWomen engineers from the United States
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Karen_Butler-Purry
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Karen Butler-Purry
8 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Karen Butler-Purry â
Related Quotes
"There were neighborhoods where it was almost exclusively Black, and neighborhoods that were exclusively white"
"there wasnât really a lot of mixing that happened except perhaps through after-school activities like sports and band."
"We would hang out a little, but then as we got older, that ended. I knew it was because we were a different color. WeâŚ"
"One of the things I remember from growing up was this pride that older Blacks had and this desire to see young BlacksâŚ"
"I wanted initially to be a math teacher like my dad but one of their teacher friends said, âYou can become an engineeâŚ"
"Sometimes my male professors, they were not intentionally trying to hurt me, but some werenât very encouraging of my âŚ"
"But I realized that if you show the students that you care, no matter where they were from, they would appreciate whoâŚ"
"Space technology can help in mapping and tracking United Nations' sustainable development goals such as zero poverty,âŚ"
"So far we have launched two satellites. The one launched in 2017 [suffered] an orbital failure. Last October, we launâŚ"
"My music springs from the soil of the American midwest. It is music of the plains rather than of the city and reflectâŚ"