“Uhura” comes from the Swahili word UHURU meaning “freedom”. Uhura was pretty much the first ever black main character on American television who was not a maid or a domestic servant in 1966. TV network NBC refused to let Nichelle Nichols be a regular, claiming Deep South affiliates would be angered, so Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry hired her as a “day worker,” but still included her in almost every episode. She actually made more money than any of the other actors through this workaround, and it was kept secret from the other actors, but it was still a humiliating second-class status. The network people made life hard for Nichols, constantly trying to pare down her screen time, purposefully dropping racist comments in her presence and even withholding her fan mail from her.This deplorable state of affairs led Nichols to make the decision to quit after the 1st season, but then she happened to meet the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. who pleaded with her to stick with the show because as a Black woman she was portraying the first non-stereotypical role on television. I had a crush on Uhura as a kid. LOL.
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Read ALL The Words of the Day: After nearly six months of silence, Allie Brosh of Hyperbole and a Half fame returns with a brand new blog post detailing her recent bout of depression, and how she ultimately overcame her sadness by turning its unintended consequence into a superpower.
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Read ALL The Words of the Day: After nearly six months of silence, Allie Brosh of Hyperbole and a Half fame returns with a brand new blog post detailing her recent bout of depression, and how she ultimately overcame her sadness by turning its unintended consequence into a superpower.
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seriously. kaylee frye from firefly is one of the cutest characters ever. she’s adorable and so cute. i’m so sad that theres only one season, i want more! give us more!
I ride around and my security gets so mad at me. They’re like “Where’ve you been?!” And I just say “I went on a bike ride. It’s no big deal.”
What’s the worst that could happen? Someone says “Are you Gaga?”
“Yeah… Ching ching!”
i'm your classic nerd: obsessive... and awesome
{22 years old, currently living in San Francisco, and spreading knitting/star trek:tos like the common cold}
I also sell things that I knit via my Etsy shop {Knitchy}
