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   From: Obveeus@aol.com   
      
   On 9/26/2017 1:58 PM, Jim G. wrote:   
   > BTR1701 sent the following on 09/26/2017 at 02:30 AM:   
   >> In article ,   
   >>   Your Name  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>      It remains to be seen whether Burnham's African-American   
   >>>      identity will be mined for storytelling purposes. "Discovery"   
   >>>      hesitantly brings it up once, before quickly dropping it. It would   
   >>>      be intriguing - and timely - if "Discovery" explored that aspect   
   >>>      of Burnham's experience now and then, instead of assuming, as   
   >>>      "Trek" so often blithely has, that in the future humans will live   
   >>>      in a post-racial society.   
   >>   
   >> It's hard to get hung up on something as minor as skin color when the   
   >> crewman sitting next to you is a 5-foot tall insect.   
   >   
   > Yeah, that would bug me. For a while, at least.   
      
   ...crickets.   
      
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