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Date: 2005-07-03 09:33 pm (UTC)Undiscovered Country: The Klingons, particularly Azetbur, actually vocalize discontent at the human-centric outlook of the Federation as one of the reasons they aren't exactly thrilled to take aid or alliance. The scene is played for laughs.
There's a definite edge of -- I'm not quite sure I'd call it racism, exactly, but definitely a kind of imperialism -- to the Trek humans. They're benevolent about it, but they're definitely convinced that their culture is the right one. It's a species-wide character flaw that would have been interesting to play with. I Roddenberry may have been leaning that way toward the end of his career, but, well, he's dead.