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Give yourselves a round of applause πŸ–– (sh.itjust.works)
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Star Trek fans have held the national stereotype of being way too rabid about things for decades but they’re probably the nicest fan base in all of science fiction and the one least likely to have a large faction of them absolutely lose it over a torpedo being fired by a woman or dumb shit like that

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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

the first black/white kiss.

...in a drama series. This was the first:

That's Lynn Fontanne kissing Sammy Davis, Jr. at the 1965 Emmys.

As far as the first interracial kiss, that does have a star trek connection- Desi kissing Lu in 1951.

On top of that, Shatner himsellf kissed France Nuyen on the Ed Sullivan show in 1958.

https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2019/09/11/not-the-first-interracial-kiss-on-tv/

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    And of course it shall always be the first kiss between a black woman and a white man in space on tv.

    I cracked up a bit at this. That was a great write up, I didn't know before about Desilu's involvement in making that kiss happen and their earlier milestone, that's quite cool.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Specifically why I said black/white. and peck on the cheek isn't consider a "kiss" by most people. (although it probably caused a stir). This was also right in the middle of the black civil rights movement which made it that much more risky.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Okay then, you'll have to go with Sammy again and Nancy Sinatra:

    That would have been in 1967. Plato's Stepchildren was a year later.

    On top of that, you have to further specify that this is only on American TV, because Gordon Heath kissed Rosemary Harris in a production of Othello on the BBC in 1955.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Do you think insulting a mod will go well for you? And congratulations for proving the above meme incorrect about Star Trek being the nicest fan base.

    Showing you that a passionate kiss between a white woman and a black woman happened on British television over a decade before Star Trek is not being pedantic. You were just wrong.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I will give you the same warning I gave them. Civility rules apply to everyone. Please do not violate them again.

    Also, why do people insist on showing that the Star Trek community is not, in fact, nice?

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