:33:01
I'm a schoolteacher--
and talking to schools
:33:02
and getting them
to talk to the kids about it?
:33:04
- Can you help us organize that?
- Sure!
:33:06
Woman:
I teach kindergarten,
:33:07
so sometimes it's a little hard
for them to grasp
:33:10
the concept of racial diversity
and ethnic diversity,
:33:12
so if you have a show
like Star Trek
:33:15
that shows a bunch of different aliens
:33:17
and a bunch
of different-colored people
:33:19
and different types of people
all getting along,
:33:21
it works wonderfully
to illustrate that point.
:33:23
Star Trek has changed the way
that I teach science,
:33:27
specifically space science.
:33:28
By giving children
an immediate frame of reference
:33:32
that they know of,
that they can get excited about,
:33:35
it just inspires
their imagination.
:33:37
This is something
we've been excited about
:33:39
because it's carried on.
:33:41
Having Kate Mulgrew portray
the captain on the Voyager...
:33:43
They feel that it's the first time
:33:46
that they can sit down as a family
:33:48
and view a woman
in a leadership role
:33:50
as a family without having to
carry on a conversation
:33:53
about who's being victimized
or what does she stand for.
:33:55
She is so obviously a woman
of authority and strength,
:33:59
but she's not a witch
with a capital "B," you know?
:34:03
She's-- She's just
a person in authority.
:34:05
I get a great deal of mail
from women who say
:34:09
that they watch Voyager
with their daughters
:34:11
and how good it makes them feel
:34:14
to be able to point
to the screen and say,
:34:17
"See? You can be anything."
:34:19
What do you want to do
when you grow up?
:34:21
Be an astronaut.
:34:22
Mae Carol Jemison--
:34:24
first African-American
woman in space.
:34:25
She flew on the shuttle--
:34:27
became a scientist first
and then an astronaut
:34:29
because she saw
Nichelle Nichols
:34:30
on the original
Star Trek series
:34:32
and said, "You know what?
That's for me."
:34:34
There were two little girls
:34:36
around 9 years old,
8 years old,
:34:40
when Star Trek
first came on,
:34:43
and one of them told me
years later,
:34:47
"l looked on that television
and I saw you.
:34:54
I saw this black lady,
:34:57
and I ran through the house
screaming,