The racist legacy of Star Trek

Discussion in 'General Trek Discussion' started by Afrika Bambaata, Jun 4, 2014.

  1. Maurice

    Maurice Snagglepussed Admiral

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    Your post is confusing. The episode info you list doesn't appear in the link your provided. What's the from?
     
  2. T'Girl

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    Be interesting to know, how much later?

    Was it in the seventies when Roddenberry was re-inventing himself and so much of his own history?

    :)
     
  3. HIjol

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    Episode info in text of post...link came with copy paste, and was only meant to references the show and history in general and I thought you would enjoy the trip back to the past... ;)

    The info in the post came from:

    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Set_It_Right

    ...sorry...had all of the wiki page in my preview window, but did not check to see that it made it intact...
     
  4. HIjol

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  5. Maurice

    Maurice Snagglepussed Admiral

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    Sadly none of the pages mentioned thus far cites the source of the assertion that it never aired. Who said it didn't? Gene? A Biographer?

    The problem with so many internet "facts" is that that they're frequently all from the same non-sourced claim and repeated like a game of telephone.
     
  6. LMFAOschwarz

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    That is a major problem nowadays. It does make me wonder how rumors got started years ago, with no internet to carry the misinformation on the four winds.

    For example, who among us didn't hear back in the day that Mikey from the Life cereal commercials died eating Pop Rocks? Where the heck did that originate?! :crazy:
     
  7. Gov Kodos

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    Oh yes, One of his best moments.

    [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-qQ3zslrgE&feature=kp[/yt]
     
  8. T'Girl

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    Probably from "Mikey" himself, lamenting the loss of his oh so brief stardom and in a pathetic grasp for attention.

    :)
     
  9. Silvercrest

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    Precocious child then, considering his age when that rumor was around.
     
  10. Nerys Myk

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    Beaver Cleaver died in Vietnam.
     
  11. HIjol

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    Sorry...I still seem to be unclear...the body of my post shows "Air Date" and lists a date and then states "intended"...my earlier earlier post references the number 2 footnote that leads to the below listing:

    "To Set It Right is an episode of the television series The Lieutenant[1] produced by Gene Roddenberry. Written by Lee Erwin, and featuring Nichelle Nichols in the cast, it was about racial prejudice. [2] The network declined to air a television program with that subject matter. A videotape of the episode is in the collection of the Paley Center for Media in New York, contributed to the Center by Gene Roddenberry."

    I try hard not to post things that cannot be substantiated... :)