Amen, shr did.

Same here. Racism is not part of our human nature growing up; we fall miserably into it when others lead us down that path. I remember the mix of confusion and dread I felt when our schoolteacher told us that, at that very moment, there were kids in America who were not allowed to attend their own school because their skin was a darker colour. Living close to a beach, most of us children used to go a dark shade of brown during the summer. She might as well have said that pineapple juice comes from cows - it made no sense to me whatsoever. That has remained an important growing-up moment from my very young days. At home, afterwards, my parents confirmed that what the teacher had said was true. Racism is as irrational now as it was then for me, only now I know what a wicked thing it is, and how devastating it is for its victims. Uhura was just Uhura, a supremely attractive lady whom I have come to admire in a more real and rounded way for the person she is. I say 'is' and not 'was', because I am a Christian and Nichelle Nichols is not over and done with, by any means. 🙏

beautiful words

She was and still is a beautiful woman ☄️🌠🌌🪐🌑🌒

Absolutely beautiful 😪❤

Leonaza, Beautifully said.❤️🙏🏿💫

There is a KZfaq called Cool Classics that has a very good 35 min doc. about her life.

I sure agree, though you don't have to be too sad about her passing since she was almost 90 and suffered from quite a few things lately. Let's allow her to find peace in the stars now. 🕊

@@NiVi192 agreed. I’m glad she’s no longer suffering.

@ playwithu Definitely. I remember watching reruns and seeing she was the only girl on the bridge of the Enterprise . It's funny because I never saw her as a minority I just saw her a s a woman. I thought she was super cool. She could hold her own in that show. . She will be missed 😔

@@toulamaccrue9906 i am old enough to see them in real time not reruns. This was when the race riots, black panther and Vietnam was current issues. We moved out of Cambridge, ma as I was attacked for being a white child walking in a black neighborhood. We also owned a corner store that was burned for "allowing" all to make purchases through the front door. My parents did not believe skin tones made people different. Blacks hated us for being white, whites hated us for serving blacks and catholics hated us for having jewish relatives. I was taught respect is not a color, religion or nationality it is something that needs to be earned.

@@playnwithu1844 Thanks for the awesome comment. Reminded me of this part of one of my favorite songs: "See, it's not about races Just places, faces Where your blood comes from is where your space is I've seen the bright get duller I'm not going to spend my life being a color" Black or White - Michael Jackson

@@playnwithu1844 my grandparents always told my dad and he past it down to us. YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER, You truly know a person by how they are. Rich ,poor, or the color of their skin., It's doesn't matter. It's who you are in the inside that counts. I have always believed that too.

There are no coincidences - she and Dr King were meant to meet.

It is ridiculous that selfish people existed that caused this ugly fight. Why couldn’t they come together and quietly settle this for the benefit of all?

My heart is a little broken that Nichelle passed but now she has beamed up to the heavens RIP.

Was she buying colored blocks to eat at the grocery store … Ha, ha!!!

That's exactly how I feel.

Hailing frequencies...closed! RIP 😑

No ONE.

@@trwent does it really matter, you understood what I meant

And now here comes the vultures and hyenas

I as a young-kid i've watched Star-Trek in all it's various-guises but the real deal which who was The Original-Series Miss Nicholls which who had gone to where no man as gone before 1932-2022

Thank you for that beautiful tribute to Ms. Nichols.

What is space law?