cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/iasip/p/434908/blackface-klingons
- Sunny S6E9 “Dee Reynolds: Shaping America’s Youth”
- TNG promo (Robert O’Reilly as Gowron)
- TOS S1E27 “Errand of Mercy” (John Colicos as Kor)
- TNG S2E10 “The Dauphin” (Michael Dorn as Worf)
I’m with you, they’re aliens, and they can (and have) been portrayed wonderfully by folks of all ethnicities. If anything they’re emulating Vikings in modern depictions, and if that’s the case… they’re pretty metal 🤘
Klingons seem to be the only alien species in star trek that has multiple races/ethnicities. Every other alien i can think of all wear identical makeup/prosthetics. Klingons get a whole range of appearanes.
Off the top of my head: Vulcan, Andorian, Orion, Xindi
Oh, yeah, I’ll give you Vulcan. Do the Xindi all count as one species? I took them to be six (well, five now) distinct species that all evolved on the same planet. As for Andorian, I guess they have the Aenar but Shran described them as a “sub-species”. Not sure if that was racism on his part or not. Orions I’ve never seen portrayed as anything but green.
You are right, Xindi and Andorian/Aenar are actually different species, so that shouldn’t count. There were blue Orions in The Animated Series and Lower Decks
Hey, that’s awesome. I never even noticed while watching LD bc they spent so much time just expanding Orion culture in general. Such a good show.
I have some bad news for both of you about the Ferengi.
Just learned from another thread that “feringhee” is a disparaging term for whites/europeans in India.