• Corgana@startrek.websiteOP
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    8 months ago

    Yes absolutely! Well said. Progressive themes shined through in the writing, but on-screen the characters never made a big deal out of it. That’s been very Star Trek since the days of TOS. An episode like “Let that be your Last Battlefield” would have a shoved-down-your-throat antiracist message, but it was a metaphor and not directly about Uhura, who’s race was never discussed.

    Well, except that one time by space Abraham Lincoln.

    • Tin@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Everything Lincoln says to Uhura is the epitome of cringe. It was certainly a different time, but oh my gosh…