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WTF? Star trek casually normalizing the n word?
@lugal I mean it's not *quite* THE n-word, although it's commonly discouraged, outside of the UNCF. in lincoln's time, it would have probably been seen as genteel. especially compared to whatever words Johnny Rebs would have used.
Isn't it just the female version? Like actor/ actress. It's dated now but I guess in the 60s it wasn't.
So it's even anachronistic for Lincoln to think it's a slur word.
@lugal Well, yes. This manifestation of Lincoln had been apparently living happily post-death on this planet and was aware of the changes to the universe somehow. So he was aware that language had changed since his time.
Certainly the word is discouraged now but it's not really at all at the level of the other N word.
(Uhura's response is an interesting one that doesn't resonate in the modern era, despite probably being considered akin to woke at the time, I dare say.)