I remember the bitching and moaning when Tim Russ got cast as Tuvok because “Vulcans aren’t black.” As if the handful of Vulcans ever shown by that point represented the entire species.
Edit: Also, Vulcan has a huge red sun. Dark-skinned Vulcans actually make more sense.
I remember the bitching and moaning when Tim Russ got cast as Tuvok because “Vulcans aren’t black.” As if the handful of Vulcans ever shown by that point represented the entire species.
Edit: Also, Vulcan has a huge red sun. Dark-skinned Vulcans actually make more sense.
Tim Russ isn’t Vulcan because he’s a human pirate (see: Starship Mine). Wait maybe he’s a Klingon Trill trafficker (See: Invasive Procedures).
I thought he was still looking for his identity because he …
There were other black Vulcans shown on-screen (as background characters) before Tuvok:
Star Trek III had a Vulcan midwife played by Fran Bennett
Star Trek V had a Vulcan High Priestess played by Beverly Hart