Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 UW 5/3/83; site uw-june Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!amd!pesnta!hplabs!tektronix!uw-beaver!uw-june!ewan 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 Article-I.D.: uw-june.171 Posted: Mon Aug 19 16:04:05 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 08:10:33 EDT References: <270@ihlpl.UUCP> <434@ucdavis.UUCP> Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 28 > > ( 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 ------------ Ewan Tempero "Oh no, not again" UUCP: ...!uw-beaver!uw-june!ewan ARPA: ewan@washington.ARPA Please check all nuclear arms at the door.