The thing that bothers me about the racial balance on the various Star Trek series is that, unlike 'Friends' or 'Frasier', they are set in what is supposed to be an egalitarian utopia. The abscence of 'minorities' on Star Trek is twice as lame as their abscence on 'Friends' for that reason. Plus, almost all of these white characters have English names and American accents.

Remember on the original series, when they had that stupid encounter with space-Lincoln, and he called Uhura a 'charming negress?' And they were confused, because that sort of thing just doesn't matter in the future... There's no racial prejudice there! Horseshit. If that didn't matter, Uhura would have been captain instead of taking notes for Capt. Kirk.

Anyway, the original series had Uhura and Sulu.

Next Generation, one black human, LaForge.

And then on Voyager, the ONE black guy is a vulcan, and the ONE Latin girl is half Klingon. So that leaves Chakotay (American Indian) and Kim (Korean, I guess) as the two 'minority' human charachters.

But DS9, on the other hand... Sisko is a black captain with a black son and a black girlfriend. Doctor Bashir is apparently an Arab. Keiko O'Brien is supposed to be Japanese, and their daughter is half. Whcih means that DS9 had more non-'white' characters than all the other series (excluding Enterprise) combined. And that one of the reasons it KICKS ASS. :)


And Little Hawk, what have I said that you could possibly disagree with? But, yes, I've been nibbling the sagebrush again. I know I have a problem, and I'm seeking help. :O

---Lepus Rex