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Robots and Racism: How We Misunderstand Science Fiction

From Perspectives on Pop Culture - March 4, 2022

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ProfessorMeredith
Nov 08, 2023
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There are two types of science fiction (well…more, but I’m simplifying). There’s science fiction that fears the future and science fiction that revels in it. Dystopian versus utopian, the Black Mirror to Star Trek’s The Next Generation, if you will. Dystopian science fiction tends to reflect (and again I’m simplifying) a fear of technology taking over a…

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