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- From: rsr4936@cc.utah.edu (Reay, Robert S.)
- Subject: Re: Star Trek Universe and Enterprise crew
- Message-ID: <21DEC199215444330@cc.utah.edu>
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- Date: 21 Dec 1992 15:44 MST
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- In article <1992Dec21.165333.9701@ils.nwu.edu>, dbora@ils.nwu.edu (Donald Bora) writes...
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- {Question to all:
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- { We were wondering... if Star Trek is set in the 25th century and there
- {is implied global peace, why is this not reflected in the ethnic distribution
- {of the Enterprise crew? Yes, they do have minorities but the crew
- {is predominantly white and the earth is not. This inquiry extends to the
- {alien/Caucasian distribution of the Enterprise universe. We realize
- {that attempts have been made to introduce non-cauc type life forms to the
- {idealistic make up of the universe but these are few and far between.
- {
- Not only is this a problem, but also if inter-cultural/racial marriages are
- so bloody common (O'Brian/Keiko for example, not to mention inter-species
- marriages) then there would be no more colors! People after 4 or 5
- centuries of intermarrying would incorporate all distinguishing racial
- features until all people looked the same, because they would all have
- ancestors from all colors and cultures.
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- However, the answer to your question is glaringly obvious: It's a show,
- and if the producers tried to "get the balance perfect" or whatever, nobody
- would watch it. Humans are still incredibly racist, I'm sure you can look
- around even Illinois and see evidence of this. :)
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- rob
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