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b'Capt. James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Lt. Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) embraced and kissed on "Plato\\u2019s Stepchildren"; an episode of \\u2018Star Trek\\u2019 broadcast on 22nd November, 1968 - just a year after the Supreme Court declared interracial marriage to be legal.\\n\\xa0\\nHowever, despite popular belief that this was TV\\u2019s first interracial kiss, it wasn\\u2019t. It wasn\\u2019t even the first interracial kiss on TV featuring William Shatner\\u2026\\n\\xa0\\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly examine just how slowly attitudes to \\u2018mixed marriage\\u2019 were shifting in the United States; compare this iconic Trekkie moment to homoerotic frat-boy YouTube videos; and reveal how the actors concerned deliberately sabotaged \\u2018the wide\\u2019 so their kiss would be screened coast-to-coast\\u2026\\n\\xa0\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 Kirk and Uhura kiss on \\u2018Star Trek\\u2019 (Paramount Television, 1968): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lThvEsP5-9Y\\n\\u2022 \\u2018\'Star Trek\'s\' interracial kiss 50 years ago boldly went where none had gone before\\u2019 (NBC News, 2018):\\nhttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/star-trek-s-interracial-kiss-50-years-ago-went-boldly-n941181\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Nichelle Nichols on filming the first interracial kiss on American television\\u2019 (Archive of American Television, 2010):\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hKKkGhEDoU\\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\\nWe\'ll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\\n#60s #TV #White #Black #US\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'