Forty-plus years ago, I worked with an academic political scientist whose field of interest was portrayals of the future. He pointed out to his colleagues, back in the 1970s, that white authors and illustrators excluded blacks and other people of color from their depictions of the future. Part of the reason was that in addition to desiring an all-white world, blacks are mentally invisible to most white people. When we are physically present, we are there, but unwanted. When we are not physically present, we do not even appear as people to white imaginations. Even in the present day, many organizations have to be reminded to include blacks and other people of color in their representations.