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YourComradeDad Yeah, I think for those of us who either have the fortune to grow up without seeing a ton of demonization of the other (sometimes because we were the other), I think this didn't strike us in the same way as it less have the generation familiar with WW2 or the racist period after.On twitter.com
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YourComradeDad I suspect the Ferengi hit differently for those late Millennials and early Gen Z folks encountering them after they grew up totally immersed in post-9/11 racism too.Permalink On twitter.com
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YourComradeDad Think about this, my parents generation & Gen Z might think of two very different peoples if I were to say 'hey, it's a racist caricature that the Ferengi are portrayed to have big noses, strange head garments, be greedy and oppress women', which is telling of how othering works.Permalink On twitter.com
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