I am not at all familiar with Forster’s work, or really Star Trek much at all. But you mentioned Forster gave Uhura a backstory as “a Masaai teenager from East Africa,” suggesting she is not a descendant of American slavery. I agree her line is confusing as to what she would be trying to accomplish, but it seems like too much to read into it that Forster was trying to make a statement about misremembering American slavery? Also I am no CRT expert, but it does seem like this is a common critique of its effect on popular discourse—it tends to lead people to inadvertently flatten the Black experience into an ADOS experience.
Tim, this is marvelous--probably the most succinct, clear, and persuasive explanation of the general mindset which made critical race theory reasonable in the first place that I've read. You remain a necessary thinker, on whatever platform. Thank you!
I am not at all familiar with Forster’s work, or really Star Trek much at all. But you mentioned Forster gave Uhura a backstory as “a Masaai teenager from East Africa,” suggesting she is not a descendant of American slavery. I agree her line is confusing as to what she would be trying to accomplish, but it seems like too much to read into it that Forster was trying to make a statement about misremembering American slavery? Also I am no CRT expert, but it does seem like this is a common critique of its effect on popular discourse—it tends to lead people to inadvertently flatten the Black experience into an ADOS experience.
Tim, this is marvelous--probably the most succinct, clear, and persuasive explanation of the general mindset which made critical race theory reasonable in the first place that I've read. You remain a necessary thinker, on whatever platform. Thank you!
Of course, Uhura could be speaking as a woman, as well. Does that change the analysis at all?