My sense is that white fans were so upset that a Black woman commanded a starship in a serious drama and not a sitcom (it was fine with them that the Cerritos isn't a 'ship of the line',) that the producers flinched. And more's the pity.
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My sense is that white fans were so upset that a Black woman commanded a starship in a serious drama and not a sitcom (it was fine with them that the Cerritos isn't a 'ship of the line',) that the producers flinched. And more's the pity.