In his 1999 essay “Welcome Aboard the Enterprise”, science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer writes, “…the ship’s computers, as seen in ‘The Ultimate Computer’, were designed by a Nobel-prize-winning black cyberneticist, played with equal dignity by William Marshall. During the era of Martin Luther King and the Watts Riots, it was a powerful, important statement to have the white captain of the Enterprise deferring to black people; as Marshall observed thirty years later, the single most significant thing about his guest-starring role was that he, an African-American, was referred to as ‘Sir’ throughout the episode.”
This is the kind of thing I need to refer to anyone who says something about the “wokeness” of Nu-Trek like Star Trek has never been “woke.” (And God do I hate that fucking word; my whole body tensed up just writing it. Twice!)
I should watch that episode for tips on building my next gaming rig… 🤔
One of the best TOS episodes.
Edit: Oh nice, just read this on the IMDB-
This is the kind of thing I need to refer to anyone who says something about the “wokeness” of Nu-Trek like Star Trek has never been “woke.” (And God do I hate that fucking word; my whole body tensed up just writing it. Twice!)
Do you know the origins of the term?
Do you know the origin of the swastika?