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[โ€“] 17 points 2 weeks ago*

I was 11 when TOS first came on TV. It was the height of the Cold War and having a Russian bridge officer was kind of shocking to me. A black woman officer on the bridge went right over my head but a Russian, that was a big deal.

But that was Gene Roddenberry.

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