As a person of color myself (Afro-Canadian), I have no problem with this, granted that said actors of color can act and hold their own with established actors. That might have been true decades ago, but budget cuts and the stupid amalgamation of Toronto by the Mike Harris administration have diminished that somewhat.
the diversity of the earth is shit !! I want the diversity of the federation !!! give me my aliens !!
I was travelling in New Zealand when these episodes started airing, kept a picture file, and then never got back to the thread. So... Mirror Universe Gorch the Tellarite and his lookalike, prime universe Admiral Gorch, did indeed appear in Season One, along with several Mirror Universe Andorians (Shukar, another male and a female) and the prime universe's counterpart, Rear Admiral Shukar. Love the DSC tweaks to the makeups. Huge tusks on the Mirror Tellarite - and cool new eyebrow tendrils for the Andorians. Note that some Andorians had higher-placed antennae (more like TOS and ST IV), matching Mudd's helmet seen in DSC. DSC Mirror Shukar by Ian McLean, on Flickr DSC Mirror Andorian by Ian McLean, on Flickr Andorians with writer Bo Yeon Kim by Ian McLean, on Flickr DSC Admiral Shukar by Ian McLean, on Flickr DSC Mirror Gorch by Ian McLean, on Flickr DSC Admiral Gorch by Ian McLean, on Flickr
Perhaps not. He never talked about it on the show, but in ST09 he said that his ex-wife "got the whole damn planet in the divorce". Maybe this includes custody of Joanna.
Do we know which characters actually let Mot do their hair? Picard can't be that hard to do. Geordi's style requires a T-square. I wanna say there were 2 or 3 barbers in that shop the one time we saw it. We do know Mot was a gobby thing. Bolians are as likely to be known as the galaxy's yentas as they are barbers.
I know Worf didn't like the way Mot cut his hair, if "Schisms" is anything to go by... Worf: "I would like my hair trimmed. Not like last time." Mot: "Just a little off the top! I took way too much off last time. Klingon hair is so luxurious, it's easy to get carried away!" Given that my hair is currently Worf TNG Season 5 length and probably just as thick as his, I probably wouldn't care too much for Mot as a barber either... ... wait a minute... I think we have the real reason why Worf grew a ponytail, if Mot's the only barber!
Or the incursion of Nero (2233) made him sterile so no Joanna....er yeah... right. Trying to figure out why in enlightened 23rd century Human fathers still get a raw deal in divorce proceedings by unscrupulous lawyers.