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It took me forever to figure out why the bottom picture was “bad”…
Hopefully, people in 60 years will be saying the same about the top picture.
Wonderfully said
I mean, it doesn’t have to be 60. I’d take next year too.
Next year for people to not even immediately recognize why it might be controversial? That'd require everyone's memories to get messed up pretty badly by something.
Not saying it’s probable, I’m just saying that we don’t have to wait 60 years lol
Well, we did recently have had a viral pandemic which turned at least half of our population into raging narcissists, would welcome if we had an empathy amplifying virus next...
will they?
they should. but the way things are going i am not certain at all.
why is it bad?
Interracial love was frowned upon by the 1960s southern racists
Is the woman 'black' ?
That's Uhura (Nichelle Nichols)
she doesn't look even remotely black to me. i'm from south america though.
She's lit poorly cause it's the 60's, but come on. Uhura is a famously black character.
oh yeah i can see it now, that picture does her better justice.