brbpostingJun 12, 2024

Give yourselves a round of applause đź––

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Give yourselves a round of applause đź–– - sh.itjust.works

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Show threadBappityJun 12, 2024
anyone that tries to say star trek has “gone woke” or some stupid shit like that clearly isn’t a fan of it and just trying to rile up stuff. I mean come on… how can someone say that and have watched the shows LOL
Show threadpleasejustdieJun 12, 2024
Yeah, its not like Star Trek suddenly went woke, its been woke. First ever TV kiss between mixed races was between Kirk and Uhura. Scandalous.
Show threadCarbonatedPastaSauceJun 12, 2024

That’s actually a common misconception. Not to downplay the significance of what Shatner and Nichols pulled off to get around the various censors (ruining alternate takes and such), but many TV shows did it before Star Trek.

en.wikipedia.org/…/First_interracial_kiss_on_tele…

First interracial kiss on television - Wikipedia

Show threadVindictiveJudge
I think it was the first one that was both broadcast nationally in a primetime slot and where the actors were easily identifiable as having different ethnicities on a tiny TV screen. Would explain the misconception.
Jun 13, 2024 at 1:51amWeb
Show threadCarbonatedPastaSauceJun 13, 2024
I think it certainly was the most noticeable of anything shown on American TV at that point. But the British had us beat by years.