Angry Asian Trekkies
Two Asian-Canadian(/American) friends from the 80s rewatch selected episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation in an effort to come to terms with the multicultural politics of their childhood. Both critical and nostalgic, Angry Asian Trekkies seeks to understand the allure and pitfalls of TNG's not quite post-racial longing, and to decide if they can continue to love this show in the twenty first century.
Angry Asian Trekkies
3. Heart of Glory (We'll always have Michael Dorn!)
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Joe and Marko
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Season 1
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Episode 3
(ST: TNG S1E20) We introduce the Afro-Orientalism of the Klingons; learn Worf's backstory and commiserate with his plight as an adoptee into white liberalism; visit some light racial profiling, Orientalist voyeurism, and postcolonial rage. Finally we pay homage to Michael Dorn, always shining through the white gaze. Kapla!