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nebulouscoffee · 2 years ago

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"My name is Nyota. I'm the communications officer, I- I was born in Kenya- I used to have a cat, named Kamili. My first memory is watching my dad play the piano. I'm real."

Okay but I was wholly unprepared for how much it would mean to me to see more of Uhura's African identity actually being canonised by this show. The "I'm real" especially got to me; just a throwaway line but it really made me think of the Ben Sisko/Benny Russell parallels! Nyota, born in the 23rd century, is exactly the sort of person Benny Russell dreamed could exist in the future. She is real! She exists!

#celia gooding uhura u are everything 2 me #although. ten whole series of ''sci-fi utopia'' and we are still yet to actually SEE Africa or Asia properly lmao #literally this woman was having a traumatic flashback she was like OMG I'M AT THE SHUTTLECRASH AGAIN #meanwhile I was like OMG SHE'S IN KENYA AGAIN!!#STAR TREK SHOW ME 23th CENTURY AFRICA PLS #star trek: you can have a peek of skyscraper in the corner #me: omg a peek of skyscraper in the corner #(lol ok but in all seriousness. how the global south fits into a quote unquote ''developed'' TECH utopia is an important question!!#you could sidestep it in the 90s ig but now it feels like they're just being cowards about it lol)#all the same I am glad to have characters like her actually acknowledge where they come from in so many words #it does mean something #snw

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