Over-representation of Americans
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As a Dutch person, I'm going to now wait for all the cliches about Amsterdam.
Hehe. I'm sure there's some great jokes to be made about Vulcans and marijuana
I thought Crusher was Scottish based on the whole Scottish castle episode, but I stand corrected then.
iirc Wesley was born on a starship, and his mother was born on Earth's moon.
Sounds like Troi's father was a American (from Fist Full of Data's), so Troi might be American.
Ok so we add both Crushers and Seven to non-Earth humans. Doesn't affect the overall balance but accuracy is always welcome.
That's ridiculous!Hehe. I'm sure there's some great jokes to be made about Vulcans and marijuana
Everyone knows that marijuana in Star Trek comes from Romulus.
Alright, let's dissect the logic in that.
Three centuries from now I would assume there'd be medical schools on the moon, didn't Riker say the moon's population was fifty million?
Americans are so cool the Vulcans built their Embassy in Sausalito.
I hear they have great parties there.
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Belanna Torres on her father's side (maybe Latin America).
Michael Eddington (DS9) might be assumed to be Canadian.
As far as I know Torres' nationality was never established. I'm not even sure if she grew up on Earth or not.
Eddington I assume is Canadian but he's not a main character.
I thought we were looking at nationalities, not races.
People in the future do seem to identify with individual nations and nationalities.
I wonder if Mayweather's family ship's registry is connected to a Earth nation? That could make Mayweather a national of that nation.
Are we only doing main characters? Might be interesting to open this up to minor and reoccurring characters.
Even off Earth there would be nationalities, yes. Personally I would assume that Earth colonies would each have multiple nations on their surfaces.
It's quite possible there are nationalities on other worlds but my main point was we have no idea where Torres is from, as far as I know.
Everywhere around the World, all peoples are coming to America. Showcase Americans and you've pretty much got every group you could hope to target under one "roof," as it were. And what's wrong with that? Nothing beats American know-how!
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We do have her father's family name.
yes, but as they should be. It's impossible to represent everyone and being selective would only foster unnecessary resentment by those who weren't represented. Just because you have a French Picard doesn't been you're representing Slovakians, for instance. While Americans represent the whole world even today, to some extend.
