::sigh:: At what point did I suggest Uhura should be captain? If you want to argue with me, argue with me — don’t invent red herrings and argue with them.

And no, the fact that the redshirts are mostly white guys doesn’t make up for diddlysquat. The whole ship was mostly white guys; the redshirts were just representative of what the regular ship’s complement looked like. Which would be, durh, why I’m complaining about lily-white futures.

Just read the fourth Temeraire novel, and she deals very nicely with Africa this time around, IMO. My review with great big spoilers here.

I have to say I’m a bit tired of people saying racism no longer exists. I’m even more tired of people putting words into my mouth that I haven’t said. But since you’ve decided to do both these things, I see no reason to interfere with your happy cloud of self-delusion. I wish you happiness for as long as it lasts.

SciFi is my favorite genre. Don’t think I could live with out it. And I couldn’t give a crap less if the story has all white people or all black or mix or whatever as long as it is a good story.

Point is i suppose get over it. if you don’t like the stories that are out there write your own. If the stories are good they will get seen or read.

And don’t give me this crap about nobody will publish my work because I am black or Asian or Hispanic etc. because it has famous and wealthy people of all races who have made it in our society.

The days of blaming while for everything is over. Everyone can make his way in this world. It is no longer about race but about cash.

P.S. I am a black male by the way

That is really all I have to say. Well, and: I hope to goodness this doesn’t make it harder for you to publish. Because it was brilliant.