As a first or second grade student when they aired, and in a small rural
community with two black families, no I didn't realize minorities were
badly under represented. It was not a topic of discussion.
And Linc  was not a black character made to be liked by mainstream whites.
And Martin Luther King Jr. convinced Nicelle Nichols to not quit Star Trek.

https://www.npr.org/2011/01/17/132942461/Star-Treks-Uhura-Reflects-On-MLK-Encounter

On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 9:16 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote:

> I’m not sure what you mean by this. If you were old enough to watch the
> shows those characters were on as they aired, seems like you would have
> known their significance. If you were not, then I could see someone
> currently in their 40s seeing Star Trek for the first time and not getting
> Uhura’s impact (has anyone watched The Mod Squad since the 1970s? Cant
> imagine they hold up very well), but in that case it seems that would be
> because of age, not ethnicity.
>
> I will always think of the tag line to TMS when I think of CWIII:
>
> “One Black, One White, one Blonde”
>
> On Sun, 6 Jun 2021 at 8:45 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> As a white person, I didn't find out until decades later the cultural
>> significance of Linc and Uhura.
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 6:51 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> "The Mod Squad," *Purple Rain, *"Twin Peaks" among others. 81.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://variety.com/2021/film/news/clarence-williams-iii-dead-dies-mod-squad-purple-rain-1234989765/
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