This reminds me of the Star Trek episode “Mirror, Mirror”, except as a way of helping white people see a bit into what it’s like to be surrounded by majority non-whites where in many places we are the majority. Before I get flamed, I don’t mean to suggest the Barbadian alternate Star Trek universe is how a non-white universe would operat…
This reminds me of the Star Trek episode “Mirror, Mirror”, except as a way of helping white people see a bit into what it’s like to be surrounded by majority non-whites where in many places we are the majority. Before I get flamed, I don’t mean to suggest the Barbadian alternate Star Trek universe is how a non-white universe would operate, just that it’s an analogy that occurred to me when I read this. Personally, I want to be transported to Wakanda.
Thanks. It is very possible I was influenced by that since I saw all the Star Trek episodes as a kid. I don't remember it specifically, but stuff rubs off on us through time. I'm curious enough to check it out and add it to my streaming queue. I probably saw it way back in the 1960s!
The novella I speak of is a very Wakanda-like world in many ways, except that it's set in North America, and doesn't have royalty. Thanks again!
Alternate world Spock had a van dyke beard if that helps refresh your memory and they wore embroidered sashes and scimitar type swords. People rose through the ranks through treachery. Think Medici’s with Star Trek but no church. Let me know what you think after you watch it.
I remember it now, but not well enough to comment on it. I checked it out on Wikipedia after I replied. I remember it being one of my favorites, but again, I was a kid. They did something similar on Star Trek Discovery. Michelle Yeoh was really good in that series of episodes. I love that kind of stuff (alternative universes).
This reminds me of the Star Trek episode “Mirror, Mirror”, except as a way of helping white people see a bit into what it’s like to be surrounded by majority non-whites where in many places we are the majority. Before I get flamed, I don’t mean to suggest the Barbadian alternate Star Trek universe is how a non-white universe would operate, just that it’s an analogy that occurred to me when I read this. Personally, I want to be transported to Wakanda.
Thanks. It is very possible I was influenced by that since I saw all the Star Trek episodes as a kid. I don't remember it specifically, but stuff rubs off on us through time. I'm curious enough to check it out and add it to my streaming queue. I probably saw it way back in the 1960s!
The novella I speak of is a very Wakanda-like world in many ways, except that it's set in North America, and doesn't have royalty. Thanks again!
Alternate world Spock had a van dyke beard if that helps refresh your memory and they wore embroidered sashes and scimitar type swords. People rose through the ranks through treachery. Think Medici’s with Star Trek but no church. Let me know what you think after you watch it.
I remember it now, but not well enough to comment on it. I checked it out on Wikipedia after I replied. I remember it being one of my favorites, but again, I was a kid. They did something similar on Star Trek Discovery. Michelle Yeoh was really good in that series of episodes. I love that kind of stuff (alternative universes).