"Negro" was still a term in common usage.
Captain Pike's weird comment about "women on the bridge"
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"Negro" was still a term in common usage.
Yes, unfortunately.
Though the term is now generally considered to be an antiquated relic of the Jim Crow era, at the time, it was considered proper and polite.
By the time TOS went off the air, it was already losing favor. Perhaps that's why Lincoln was written to catch himself and recognize that the word wasn't proper any more.
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By the time TOS went off the air, it was already losing favor. Perhaps that's why Lincoln was written to catch himself and recognize that the word wasn't proper any more.
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Like I said, a poorly-written line, all around.
Now, just because Pike and Boyce liked to give each other back rubs does not make them misogynists.
Wow, Laura, why don't you get your thoughtfulness and smart observations out of here, don't you know this thread is for labeling and name calling, (see quote above yours.)
Also, Jim specifically complained about being assigned a female Yeoman in The Corbomite Maneuver.
That's what many of the scripts identifying black characters said.
Despite gaffes like this, Gene really was quite open-minded and liberal for a man of his generation and experiences. If you had ever attended one of my family's get-togethers or cookouts in the 60s or 70s, you would have heard some pretty awful stuff from some of his contemporaries. I'm still cringing.
Yeah, didn't we a see an excerpt from "Court Martial" on the BBS a while back specifically denoting Commodore Stone as a Negro before the role was cast?
"Black" seemed like edgy slang in 1967, or slightly vulgar, but some activists were insisting on its use over Negro. Now the community seems to be split over the use of black versus "of color" and African American, if I'm not mistaken. I'm probably behind the times now, but I don't think they've achieved a consensus in the U.S.
Yes, it's still cringing.
No matter what century, some people in power are just sexist pigs. Take Donald Trump, for example...
However, remember in Charlie X, the male crewman who slaps the other crewman on the butt who Charlie imitates with Rand later? Black crewman slapping a white crewman on the butt. For 1966 that was pretty integrated of them.
Take our nominee. Please...
I lived in the ghetto from my birth through 1965. Negro was more of a 1950s term. In my long-ago youth, it was "colored." Then in the mid-to-late 60s, it became "black" which was used until African-American came in. I'm lazy. I still use black. 1 syllable vs. 7.
Maybe Pike treated Number One as different because he had served with her before, or knew her from way back. In which case, Pike was accustomed to serving with her (his use of the familiar term 'Number One' to refer to an XO would seem to bear this out) so he didn't even think about her gender because he was so accustomed to having her there. It was like a "blind spot" to him.
Colt, OTOH, was (probably) a recent transfer to the ship, so Pike was kind of taken aback by her.
Colt, OTOH, was (probably) a recent transfer to the ship, so Pike was kind of taken aback by her.
But that still doesn't account for the third 'background' female we see in the picture posted in the OP.
'Number One' is not the only female on the bridge, so why make an 'exception' of her?
It is having a comeback, slightly changed, as "person of color".
Pike wasn't used to having a "woman" always underfoot and being overly earnest. She didn't act like a professional officer that didn't draw atention to herself. She got flustered around Pike which obviously annoyed him.
Not all men are into 22 year old girls. Some men, particularly with a measure of seasoning, prefer a woman to a girl.
Maybe Pike could simply have said he wasn't used to having a girl on the bridge because onscreen evidence indicates he doesn't really have an issue with grown women on the bridge.
Not all men are into 22 year old girls. Some men, particularly with a measure of seasoning, prefer a woman to a girl.
Maybe Pike could simply have said he wasn't used to having a girl on the bridge because onscreen evidence indicates he doesn't really have an issue with grown women on the bridge.
Even if that was it, it would be a questionable leadership style on his part. He should be cultivating the junior person, not treating her like a tribble infestation.
Well this is where the bad writing comes in.
Yes, deplorably so.
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