An Alien Is Captured And Racial Issues In Star Trek

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In this episode of Star Trek, an alien is captured and racial issues are addressed. An alien who is black on the left side, Lokai, represents those who are oppressed and persecuted because they have are black in the real world. Lokai was standing up for the others by trying to make them equal while another alien, Bele, is trying to take Lokai captive to punish him for doing what is right. This episode was released in 1969 but made in 1968, a big year in American history. In 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated for trying to make the black person equal and this episode shows that exact message that King was trying to get across. When Bele is being questioned by Captain James Kirk he says, “I am black on the right side...Lokai is white