Hydropotesinermis 724 Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 Because William Shat ner. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 28,446 Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 Why is uhura brown? Even in those days........RACIAL DIVERSITY Multiculturalism on the enterprise till the Klingons began demanding their "rights" Gene Roddenberry had intended his new female communications officer to be called "Lieutenant Sulu".[2]Herb Solow pointed out how similar this was to "Zulu" and thought it might act against the plan for racial diversity in the show, so the name Sulu remained with George Takei's character.[3] "Uhura" comes from the Swahili word uhuru, meaning "freedom". Nichols states in her book Beyond Uhura that the name was inspired by Robert Ruark's book Uhuru, which she had with her on the day she read for the part. When producer Robert Justman explained to Roddenberry what the word uhuru meant, he changed it to Uhura and adopted that as the character's name.[3] Coincidentally, the end credits of the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country incorrectly refer to Uhura as "Uhuru". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 But Kirk on Uhura was NOT the first interracial TV kiss, as many believe.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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