The Star Trek spinoffs went even further down the route of multiculturalism.

In the DS9 series the commander of the space station, a major character in the series, was black, with a woman as his second in command. In the Voyager series the captain was female, with a Latino second in command.


Whan I first saw a Ferengi in a Star trek or spinoff I was pretty amazed at the boldness of showing such a brazenly antisemitic stereotype. - that never occurred to me at all - they were just alien creatures! If you watched the DS9 series they developed the Ferenghi characters, some of whom became quite heroic as the series went on.