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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/sigh_fi@quokk.au

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[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago (2 children)

First interracial kiss on TV

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Depends on what you mean by interracial. Lucy and Desi (I love Lucy) were pretty controversial at the time, and that was before Kirk and Uhura.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well, the only reason Star Trek happened in the first place was because Lucille Ball strong armed it to stay on the air, so she gets credit regardless.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Very true!

[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

While the first interracial kiss on TV is still debated, Kirk/Uhura most definitely wasn't it. This was '68 or '69, on Dutch TV we already had the first interracial kiss in 1959 and there are other American examples before '68. The actress from that Dutch scene passed away this year at 95 by the way. Unfortunately I only have a Dutch source, but here you go: https://nos.nl/artikel/2574061

It might not look like much these days, but in '59 it made the headlines in international news.