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Sci-fi racism must end
Indiana Daily Student ^ | 3/29 | Miranda Garbaciak

Posted on 04/01/2017 8:22:43 PM PDT by ErikJohnsky

Veronica Roth, the author of the Divergent series, recently came out with the first novel in an upcoming series called "Carve the Mark".

The novel is about war between special species who are born with special powers. One of the species is coded to be representative of a white elite society while another species is coded as dark skinned, brutal and not civilized.

I do not have an issue with alien species representing races we are already familiar with. Representation is important and rare in science fiction series, so the idea of representation is awesome.

However, my issue lies here: the species coded as white is represented as being more important and more civilized than the nomadic species that has dark skin.

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To: ErikJohnsky

I’m sorry, apologies in advance, but women are terrible Scifi writers. This women could be among the worst with her overtly racist novel.


61 posted on 04/02/2017 4:20:21 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: GladesGuru

“Why are there no Muslims in the Star Trek series?”

There are no Amish or Muslims in popular science fiction because science fiction is usually set in the future. Those societies are firmly set in the past. As an author it becomes difficult to weave together threads that don’t match. While Muslims, more than Amish, are likely to pick up modern tools, they use them to watch porn or kill people. Muslim society by present day Western norms is perverted in every way.

Taking the issue from another perspective, how many legitimate Nobel Peace awards have gone to Muslims for science or literature? Darned few in comparison to Jews and Christians.

Islam is a seventh century cultural cancer now being imported into the healthy tissue of the West. But the real enemy of the West is liberalism. It’s hard to imagine anything more destructive than liberalism. What a great marriage; liberalism and Islam.


62 posted on 04/02/2017 5:09:38 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (n)
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To: ErikJohnsky

I read the Divergent series.
Not bad; written for a teen audience. Interesting dystopian premise with rather engaging characters discovering their great secrets about reality.
The core flaw is the intensely advanced technology & culture with chronically insufficient population to support it: there’s an ongoing sense that the city only has a few hundred occupants but functions on a level requiring 1000x more. As such, the story feels unsettlingly out of touch with what should be reality.
Engaging, but not compelling.


63 posted on 04/02/2017 5:42:59 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Understand the Left: "The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution.")
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation; tbw2
I remember a “Star Trek: The Next Generation” episode where commander Riker mentioned that World War III happened in the 21st century and killed 600 million people.

That was mentioned in the original series as well - and don't forget the Eugenics Wars are part to Trek canon as well. Khan was apparently a Sikh, so that's a hint as to what became of Muslim populations. You could build some seriously controversial "fan fiction" off of that, to the point where Paramount's lawyers start sending threatening letters. :-)

64 posted on 04/02/2017 6:45:26 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: ErikJohnsky

http://www.orthogonaltonormal.com/midden/RavenCon%202006.pdf?hc_location=ufi


65 posted on 04/02/2017 9:19:40 AM PDT by Zippo44 (Liberal is just another word for poltroon.)
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To: brucedickinson

Klingons are analogous to a Bushido entrenched culture, honor above all else. Vulcan’s adherence to logic and suppression of emotion to avoid endless warfare, appear to relate to the Buddist’s philosophy of seeking a path to minimize suffering. Ferengi embody the persona of space-faring used-car salesman.


66 posted on 04/02/2017 10:00:35 AM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: NTHockey
Science based fiction (SF) started as a game of what-if. Start with a science based concept, consider the ramifications of it's development, then extrapolate the consequences to human society, all explained within an engaging bit of fictional storytelling.

The science fiction genre often offered up concepts that predated actual developments, sometimes inspired real life. Smart phones anyone?

67 posted on 04/02/2017 10:14:41 AM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: ErikJohnsky

Is that all? I was sure the thread would be complaining that muzzies weren’t in charge of deep space exploration.

/snicker


68 posted on 04/02/2017 10:28:28 AM PDT by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: Charles Martel

Sikhism is not Islam.


69 posted on 04/02/2017 10:36:14 AM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: ErikJohnsky

Well step one is don’t support hacks like Roth. Really Divergent is terrible and plays in all the boring hackneyed sci-fi symbol tropes.


70 posted on 04/02/2017 10:38:48 AM PDT by discostu (Stand up and be counted, for what you are about to receive.)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Hard to believe you missed the redoubtable Brock Peters, who played Admiral Cartwright in the movies and Benjamin Sisko’s father on DS9.

Apparently he found it very difficult to play such a xenophobic character as Cartwright in Star Ted VI, even though the major theme of the film is overcoming old prejudices.


71 posted on 04/02/2017 10:57:41 AM PDT by RansomOttawa
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To: Ozark Tom

Yeah, I know. Sikhs tend to dislike Muslims rather strongly - hence my observation.


72 posted on 04/02/2017 3:35:51 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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