16.13 You've proved you dont deserve a Masters in history, The Kirk Uhura kiss wasn't the first interacial kiss on Star Trek, it was at least the Third. Well done on not doing a modicum of research.
Funny how all the other academics agree with me. Maybe I should have specified on network TV, but it was the first black white interracial kiss on an American network TV show. jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/question/2007/november.htm
Now it's true that there was a white/Hispanic and white/Vietnamese kiss prior to this, but interracial relationships between those racial groupings were not (at that time) in the midst of violent opposition. Making them essentially non-issues at the time. To have an African-American and White actor kiss was wildly controversial. Now we can argue about the context of "interracial" but I think given the rest of the discussion on race in the lecture, which was targeted at how the show depicted African-Americans in light of the Civil Rights movement, it was pretty obvious that I was referring to the issue of racism against African Americans during the period. Also cite a damn source on this supposed "lesbian interracial kiss" 🙄
16.13 You've proved you dont deserve a Masters in history, The Kirk Uhura kiss wasn't the first interacial kiss on Star Trek, it was at least the Third. Well done on not doing a modicum of research.
There was even an interacial lesbian kiss on Trek before it, but yeah you have a masters so obviously know all about this.
Funny how all the other academics agree with me. Maybe I should have specified on network TV, but it was the first black white interracial kiss on an American network TV show. jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/question/2007/november.htm
Now it's true that there was a white/Hispanic and white/Vietnamese kiss prior to this, but interracial relationships between those racial groupings were not (at that time) in the midst of violent opposition. Making them essentially non-issues at the time. To have an African-American and White actor kiss was wildly controversial.
Now we can argue about the context of "interracial" but I think given the rest of the discussion on race in the lecture, which was targeted at how the show depicted African-Americans in light of the Civil Rights movement, it was pretty obvious that I was referring to the issue of racism against African Americans during the period.
Also cite a damn source on this supposed "lesbian interracial kiss" 🙄