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Here is a short archival mashup exploring the widely-held belief in Hollywood liberalism and ways in which women/PoC actors are often conscripted into gender/racewashing the not-so-pretty parts of US pop culture history.
Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, has long been lauded as some kind of firebrand radical who pushed the boundaries of the respectable. The reality is a bit more nuanced.
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