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
6. Q Who (? The God of White Imperial Decadence, actually)
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Joe and Marko
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Season 1
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Episode 6
(ST:TNG S2E16) In trying to solve Joe's uncanny beef with John de Lancie, we analyze Q's apotheosized whiteness in relation to the Federation's (American) exceptionalism. Then we try to fathom the (faintly Oriental) technocracy that is the Borg; fail hard at hiding our crush on Sonia Gomez; show love to LeVar Burton, the man in the machine; and remind everyone: always listen to Guinan!