toobfreak
Tungsten/Glass Member
Its a joke. I've probably forgotten more Star Trek than most people will ever know.Not really. Everyone knew Kirk was randy as hell.They are raping a beloved franchise for cheap partisan points..
You think Kirk kissing Uhura wasn't making a point?
Ah, no, Wayne. The entire point of Uhura, Sulu, Scott, Chekov and especially Spock was to break the entire doctrine of fear of all white all the time and drive home the message that all people of every race (or planet) are equal, and can live together in peace and harmony toward a higher end than mere acquisition of wealth or power.
Yes, the Kirk/Uhura kiss was aimed straight at testing and breaking the racial boundary on TV, but Kirk didn't kiss her because he was "randy," he kissed her because he was being forced to by the people there where he was at.
BTW, here is a hint. SF writers have been breaking the whole "white man" thing (a more self-hating phrase has never been uttered) since the early part of the last century.
Star Trek just put on film what was already going on in books.
Good to hear. But I haven't forgotten any Star Trek. I've probably forgotten more than you ever knew to begin with. I have Sci-Fi books dating back to the 1940s and Amazing Stories and Plastic Man. I'm familiar with every famous writer plus some I doubt you've ever heard of. It was always a white-dominated medium written by mostly white people. If you have examples of Blacks having roles, dominant roles in early 20th century science fiction, I'd love to see it! Seems writers were more comfortable introducing space aliens long before they were comfortable accepting the black man as just "one of the guys." Roddenberry broke that.