Spock taught me not to be racist—but not in the way you'd expect

Half Vulcan, half human, Mr. Spock may have been the first real pop-culture poster child for biracial identity. He was certainly intended by his creators—both actor Leonard Nimoy, whose loss we mourn this week, and writer-producer Gene Roddenberry, who dreamed him up in the first...

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