Nichelle Nichols: 'Trailblazing' actress who played Lt Uhura in Star Trek dies
Nichelle Nichols broke racial stereotypes by sharing an interracial onscreen kiss with co-star William Shatner in the show - extremely rare in the 1960s.
I watched Star Trek all those years ago and don't remember noticing the racial stereotype at all. Lt Uhura was an attractive actress and that's all I recall noticing at the time.
This is not to say that racial stereotypes did not exist at the time because they certainly did, but since then we have been subject to the relentless message that they are fundamental to what we are.
It's a complex question, but we could turn this article around. The tone of it is yet another reminder that those same racial stereotypes have been perpetuated by the same political pressures which are still supposedly intent on eliminating them. But we knew that.
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Our own lefties can't even invent their own rackets so they import American ones.
Off-topic: an amusing article on the mountains of Cambridgeshire.
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/visit-highest-point-cambs-explore-24626794
The only film racial stereotype I remember was Bart, played by Cleavon Little, in Blazing Saddles. I do not remember any outcry. And Cleavon played it brilliantly.
Then there was In the Heat of the Night where the only stereotypes were the bigoted honkies.
dearieme - from your link - "The highest point in Cambridgeshire sits 479 ft above sea level"
Blimey - our house is higher than that.
Doonhamer - and even by 1974, Blazing Saddles was able to parody racial stereotypes and make it funny. Wouldn't be so easy now.
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