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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-05T04:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://jonathanstephens.us",
  "tags": [
    "Artemis",
    "Space Exploration",
    "Whitney On The Moon",
    "Poem",
    "Song",
    "Lyrics",
    "United States",
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  "textContent": "> \"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.\n\n> \"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.\"\n>\n> \"But those people? We work for them too.\"",
  "title": "NASA's Artemis 2 pilot Victor Glover listens to 'Whitey on the Moon' every Monday. This is why."
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