At 7 years old I would attribute it more to age than ethnicity. I dont know about “mainstream Whites”, but I would think Linc was exactly the kind of Black character White audiences likely to watch TMS in 1970 would have liked.
I’m not sure how many people knew at the time about MLK fanboying Nichols into staying in Star Fleet, but most White adults, especially in rural communities, would have been well aware of the cultural impact of Uhura’s forced interracial kiss (or near kiss). On Sun, 6 Jun 2021 at 10:32 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yz_%3DdLsDMh4i%2Bw7SbPKsfyrztYCcZ7g6bRnsqSixwpwAg%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/CAKGtkY%2BUCSpaPkyRAYv6qGU1mirFPeQQqPNN_Px_J4LSVfskvg%40mail.gmail.com.
