10-17-2010, 01:30 PM
Again, the author's problem doesn't seem to be with Gene Roddenberry's original vision - the first series was quite progressive, with its multi-racial crew and so forth - but The Next Generation, and to a lesser degree Deep Space 9. I personally disagree, and think none of the different incarnations were deliberately racist - as you said, Touchstone, they were more about humanity united against the universe - but I think he raises some interesting points, such as the show's definition of "species." If a human can breed with a klingon, then why are they considered so different?
If you click on the link in my original post and read the segment on Star Wars, he discusses how people project their own prejudices onto film characters, and that when they see someone as a negative conveyance of a certain race, that actually says more about them than it does the material.
If you click on the link in my original post and read the segment on Star Wars, he discusses how people project their own prejudices onto film characters, and that when they see someone as a negative conveyance of a certain race, that actually says more about them than it does the material.