LeVar Burton Explains It All For Us When It Comes to “Driving While Black”
• July 3, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Acting, African American History, American History, American Politics, Black Actors and Actresses, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Drug Culture/Industry, Film, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, New Orleans, Race, Television, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Burton, California, CNN, Geordi La Forge, Kunta Kinte, LeVar Burton, New Orleans, New York, Reading Rainbow, Roots, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Tim Wise, United States
That Poster From Facebook: George Takei Talks About the Rollback of California’s Prop. 8
• February 9, 2012 • Comments Off on That Poster From Facebook: George Takei Talks About the Rollback of California’s Prop. 8Posted in American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Love, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Good Morning America", Cali, California, California Proposition 8, Christine Gregoire, Facebook, Gakkai, Gay Marriage, Gender Identity, George, George Takei, LGBT, Marriage, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Sexuality, Soka Gakkai International, Star Trek, United States, Washington, YouTube
That Cartoon From Facebook: “Hershey Bar”
• January 4, 2012 • Comments Off on That Cartoon From Facebook: “Hershey Bar”Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, People of Color, Women
Tags: "Hershey Bar", Asian American, Asian Americans, Facebook, Gay, George Takei, GLBT, Hikaru Sulu, Japanese American, Japanese Americans, Lesson, Sansei, Sexism, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series, Takei
Don’t Say Gay, Say Takei
• May 23, 2011 • Comments Off on Don’t Say Gay, Say TakeiPosted in American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Sexuality
Tags: Asian Americans, Associated Press, Gay, Gay Dads, George Takei, Hikaru Sulu, Human Reproduction, Japanese Americans, Lesbian Moms, LGBT, Mr. Sulu, Republicans, Senate Bill 49, Southern Republicans, Southerners, Stacey Campfield, Star Trek, State of Tennessee, Sulu, Tennessee, Tennessee Senate, The "Don't Say Gay" Bill, Twitter
Why Nichelle Nichols Stayed On As Uhura in “Star Trek”
• September 9, 2010 • Comments Off on Why Nichelle Nichols Stayed On As Uhura in “Star Trek”Posted in Acting, African American History, American History, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Love, Memoir, Music, Nichelle Nichols, Race, Sexuality, Television, Television Series, Women
Tags: "Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories", "Reflections", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Commander Nyota Uhura, Creepin', Decision, Dr. King, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Extramarital Relationships, First Interracial Kiss on TV, Gene Roddenberry, Interracial Relationships, Kiss, Los Angeles CA, Love, Lt. Uhura, Majel Barrett, NAACP, Race, Racism, Saint of the Sixties, Savas Abadsidis, Sex, Star Trek, Starship Enterprise, The Original Series", UCLA, William Shatner
Leonard Nimoy to Retire
• April 22, 2010 • Comments Off on Leonard Nimoy to RetirePosted in Acting, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Love, Memoir, Nonfiction/Essays, Race, Science, Sexuality, Space The Final Frontier, Television, Television Series
Tags: "El Shaddai", Children, Commander Spock, Growing Up, In An Alternate Universe Spock Kisses My Hand", Leonard Nimoy, Love, Retired, Retirement, Science Officer Spock, Spock, Star Trek, To Retire
In an Alternate Universe, Spock Kisses My Hand
• May 8, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in Black People, Books, Class, Film, Love, Memoir, Nonfiction/Essays, Television
Tags: "Bones" McCoy, "I am Not Spock", Alternate Universe, Biracials, Black Planet, Black Vulcan, Blacks, Christopher Pike, DeForest Kelley, Droxine, Duchess Geantine, Fan Fiction, Flint, Gene Roddenberry, Hikaru Sulu, James Doohan, James Tiberius Kirk, Juvenilia, Leonard Nimoy, Majel Barrett, Montgomery Scott, Nyota Uhura, Oshaniya, Pavel Chekov, Prince Juozas, Queen Alixa, Saavik, Spock, Star Trek, Star Trek: Voyager, The Federation, The Enterprise, The Horta, The Romulan Commander Liviana, The View, Tribbles, Tuvok, Uhura, Uresiya, Usurper, Vulcans, William Shatner