A few weeks ago I had the special honor of getting to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, held at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. I was so psyched to get to be there that I Photoshopped a picture from a classic Star Trek fan favorite of Kirk, Spock, Doc, Uhura, and the entire crew on the Bridge of the USS Enterprise. You might think because Sulu was an Asian American that he would be my favorite. Because as a kid born and raised in the US, I often felt cognitive dissonance whenever Sulu spoke. Over time I had come to accept that all Asians on TV had to have a funny accent—so as a kid I thought, “Was something wrong with Sulu? He speaks perfect English.” He talks like me. Weird.
But, instead of Sulu, Scotty was the one who I idolized. Scotty could fix anything. He was an “engineer”—I didn’t know what that meant at the time. But he’s the reason I went to MIT to study and become an engineer.
Anyways, the night prior to the 50th anniversary event, I was just so proud of myself. I Photoshopped my own face on top of Scotty’s, to wear his red Engineering shirt to stand with the rest of
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