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Paving the way - How did Trek inspire you?
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Good opportunity for a reminder of how it inspired Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
And thanks to him, we had Uhura through all 3 seasons and all 6 movies. Obviously nowhere near his greatest achievement, but I am grateful for it.
It's quite possible that we wouldn't have Uhura on Strange New Worlds without him meeting Nichols, either.
And Celia Rose Gooding is continuing Nichols torch bearing with her hair choice!
https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a39834637/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-uhura-hair/
Never been a fan of permed hair. I like her natural look!
I'm fine if Celia Rose's Uhura never has the TOS Uhura hair, but I really wish they'd get around to giving her TOS Uhura's confidence.
Got nearly 10 years in between now and then. Well get there! They're doing a great job with the character development, I am oddly not worried.
I think the pacing of that growth is on purpose. Hemmer's main role seemed to be making Uhura grow into her TOS self.
That made me real sad in a way. It's a beautiful story, but I wish Nichelle Nichols could've gone into theatre like she wanted. There was a quote from a black feminist group that I can't find now that said something about how it isn't really a choice to become a fighter to resist oppression, because if they could choose, they'd choose something else, that they want to do, rather than what they are compelled to do. The reason to be a fighter is to try to make it so that the black little girls of the future can be free to self-realise.
It was an impactful quote because I felt like it acknowledged the respect that is due to people who fight for a better world, while also not excluding the grief and sorrow that comes from recognising that to commit to a cause is a sacrifice that wouldn't have needed to be made in a just world.
I know that Nichelle Nichols' work and activism extends far beyond Star Trek, but underlying it all is a deep sense of duty that I find at once beautiful and sad.
Indeed, the fact that such activism is needed at all is a travesty.
That story made my eyes leak for some odd reason.
Bless you and thank you all Dr. King, Mr. Roddenberry and Mrs. Nichols.