Talk:Frank Oppenheimer

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Huh?

This makes no sense: "which was open to non-whites only on Wednesday, after which the pool was drained and the water replaced." Why would racists drain the pool after the WHITES had used it? This needs to be looked at. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.55.223.196 (talk) 04:07, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It makes perfect sense for a racist to drain the pool after the non-whites used it, which is what the quoted text says.96.35.160.223 (talk) 06:38, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV

The article refers to Oppenheimer being "branded" a Communist. Elsewhere in the article it states that Oppenheimer testified that he and his wife had been members of the Communist Party. If he was branded, it was a self-branding. The article also states that he was a target of McCarthyism. While recognizing that there is a difference between McCarthy and McCarthyism, McCarthy was a Senator, and therefore never a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee, which is where Oppenheimer was called to testify. 96.35.160.223 (talk) 06:38, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV response

For Oppenheimer, he was branded a security risk and a person with possible communist ties at the time he was called in front of HUAC, even though he'd only been a member of the Communist Party for a few years during the previous decade. Actually, "McCarthyism" is the correct term here. From Wikipedia's own page on the subject: "McCarthyism" soon took on a broader meaning, describing the excesses of similar efforts. The term is also now used more generally to describe reckless, unsubstantiated accusations, as well as demagogic attacks on the character or patriotism of political adversaries.

ExploratoriumPI (talk) 22:15, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Sources

I'm one of the Public Information Assistants at the Exploratorium, the San Francisco museum that Oppenheimer established in 1969. I'm going through and adding sources where it's been noted they were needed. Also, I'm trying to make the language a little more neutral. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ExploratoriumPI (talk • contribs) 22:18, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Aside from adding sources, I also removed the following:

The claim that Frank "grew up in the shadow" of his brother. I couldn't find any evidence of this in my sources.

The necessity for a citation that J. Robert Oppenheimer was the director of the Manhattan Project. This is common knowledge and is even mentioned on Robert's own Wikipedia page.

I also removed the claim that he supervised security at the Trinity site. I have multiple documentations of him working at the site, but none mention security.