1. Humanity Is The Ideal To Which All Other Cultures Should Aspire
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Human rights. Why the very name is racist. The Federation is no more than a homo sapiens
only club." (Azetbur ST VI) Star Trek was created by a human, written by humans telling allegories of the human condition meant for human audiences. So it is understandable that the show would embrace a human centric philosophy. This however can lead to pretty condescending attitudes, bizarre conversations and situations within the Star Trek Universe. In Star Trek, the highest compliment is to be considered human are be called almost human. To have some human traits rub off on you, is openly spoken of as being a good thing. One example is in STII: during Spocks funeral Kirk refers to him as the most human person hed ever encountered in his travels. This despite Spock
repeatedly telling him he found being called human insulting! The unit of measurement for warp stability is called a Cochrane despite Earth being the last of the Federation founders to create warp drive. Earth is located in sector 001, despite their region of space being mapped before Starfleet developed starships! Federation headquarters is located on Earth and the Federation President is depicted as based there. The only realistic explanation for all this is that the smarter, more veteran species know better than to paint a target on their planet and enjoy diverting attention Earthward. Only humans inspire curiosity and wonder in the god like entities the various crews encounter. Earth is the primary target of every invasion fleet. This despite apparently having to drive past Vulcan (The Brains of the Federation), Qonos (The Brawn of the Federation) and virtually every other species in the galaxy, including the co-founders of the Federation Andoria and Tellar!! Its no wonder then that virtually every creature in the universe seems to despise them. Star Trek was truly a trailblazer in visually portraying the image of people of different backgrounds working together for a common goal. Through Star Trek, positive images of women and people of various races as leaders, parents and people of integrity may have helped to negate some stereotypes. When we think of Star Trek, we think of Kirk telling Styles to, Leave your bigotry in your quarters. We think of the concept of Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations and we think of an optimistic future. What we try not to think of is TNGs Code of Honor. Lets try and pretend that NEVER happened!
Its racist as hell. Garrett Wang