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/ >>> (link) >>> >>> B >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/5804cc0f-1b4c-413c-9404-765ac49c2ed5n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/5804cc0f-1b4c-413c-9404-765ac49c2ed5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8ywtXh7t8ankoUyd6kmEgdNq0t6_te2HQEs%2B4BnhX6SevQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8ywtXh7t8ankoUyd6kmEgdNq0t6_te2HQEs%2B4BnhX6SevQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYL0Nab8CumUVYF%2BPsNZoi3u-tffnJaDwhXoCVLYywM5HQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYL0Nab8CumUVYF%2BPsNZoi3u-tffnJaDwhXoCVLYywM5HQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yz_%3DdLsDMh4i%2Bw7SbPKsfyrztYCcZ7g6bRnsqSixwpwAg%40mail.gmail.com.
