The real issue here is role models and values, something most of you guys on here dont understand or take for granted. She mentioned having a relative working as a pilot who inspired her to follow in his footsteps, do you think she would have been a pilot if it wasnt for that?
Now she can be an example to other young Black Girls or Women, and be a role model for them to follow, its good for our society. Most of you guys on here have family, relatives, neighbors, friends etc that inspired you to get into aviation (lol you probably hate them now!) how many black kids can say the same?
This gets to the heart of affirmative action, the real reason it even existed, if you want to make society better for our country then you need to get to the root of the problem. If kids dont have good role models they can relate to (you know family values type stuff the right is always screaming about...when it only meets their specific objective) what are the chances they will succede? If they dont have the oppurtunity what do you think will happen to the next generation?
I think these two Women are going to inspire more people to believe they can accomplish their goals and dreams than most any of you will do in your lifetime, so yeah it is a big deal, publicize it, let people know, let some little girl see that there are people that look like her in places of success and if she works hard she to can accomplish her goals. Statistically speaking the chances of that little girl having a male role model in her family for inspiration are low, for female role models that may be even lower, something has to be done or the problem will get worse.