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From: ewan@uw-june (Ewan Tempero)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Vulcans
Message-ID: <171@uw-june>
Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 16:04:05 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 19 16:04:05 1985
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> 
> ( By the way, has anyone ever seen Blacks as native to any other
> planet besides Earth?  It would seem very strange that Roddenberry
> and crew were sending across the message that Black people are an
> oddity in the universe.)
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> S. Gore

I seem to remember a comment some years ago along the lines that
Star Trek was one of the first series to show *any* minorities ( or
rather anything other than americans ). Afterall we have

	Spock - token pointy eared alien
	Uhura - token black
	Chekov- token commie ( oops I mean... This guy is sooo stereotyped
			       "Oh yes, first discovered by a Russian" )
	Sulu  - token asian
	Scotty- token...what's he a token of?
	McCoy - token...well token
-- 
            Ewan

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Ewan Tempero                                      "Oh no, not again"
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