I like Tuvoc a lot, but how are there black vulcans? Does Vulcan have its own African continent? :P
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There is no logical (pardon the pun 
) reason why there would be any less racial diversity on Vulcan than on Earth.
) reason why there would be any less racial diversity on Vulcan than on Earth.
Have we ever seen an Asian vulcan? :P
^ Yes, I believe there was one in ST III during the Fal-Tor-Pan scene.
OMG, people are still complaining about this? 
Tuvok wasn't even the first. The Final Frontier beat Voyager by half a decade!
Tuvok wasn't even the first. The Final Frontier beat Voyager by half a decade!
And T'Pau was played by an Asian actress in the Voyager episode "Darkling".OMG, people are still complaining about this?
Tuvok wasn't even the first. The Final Frontier beat Voyager by half a decade!
Should we wonder if Vulcan has a Europe or Asia too, since many of the actors playing Vulcans were from European and West Asian backgrounds?
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Actually wouldn't it make more sense for a planet with a stronger, brighter sun for the people to have darker skin in the first place? I always thought that was the explanation for Vulcan being a hot desert planet.
Didn't skin pigmentation evolve as a protection from the sun in areas nearer to the equator (where the rays of the sun are stronger)? Then as people started to move farther north, they evolved lighter skin?
Didn't skin pigmentation evolve as a protection from the sun in areas nearer to the equator (where the rays of the sun are stronger)? Then as people started to move farther north, they evolved lighter skin?
This.
Vulcan colonized the galaxy.
They're such an old species that it is possible that they might not even come from Vulcan.
Have we seen Black Romulans?
They left the home world "recently" so there could have been racial divisions along the exodus parties.
They're such an old species that it is possible that they might not even come from Vulcan.
Have we seen Black Romulans?
They left the home world "recently" so there could have been racial divisions along the exodus parties.
TNG, "The Pegasus." (Sirol)
IDIC applies to casting all species in STAR TREK - including Vulcans. It hasn't always been that way, though ... that's very true. And not just in The Classic Series. The Vulcans showcased in the series ENTERPRISE - on the planet Vulcan, itself, now - are almost entirely cast as white. I seem to remember a token Asian or two, here and there, but you could hardly count that as diversity. And they didn't have any speaking lines. For example, one was in the Vulcan High Command. So, it's not entirely unnatural to just "assume" that Vulcans are "supposed" to all be similar in skin tone ... that's exactly how they've been presented, for the most part. And it should've never been that way.
It's completely inappropriate and disrespectful to Artists. It's the job of an Actor to act out the stories of all races that they may, or may not, belong to - whether they're real, or imagined. What I love about Tuvok is that Tim Russ plays him in a very similar vein to how Leonard Nimoy plays Spock. To how Mark Lenard plays Sarek. Tim understands how to suggest the dignity and self-control Vulcans are meant to have in a way that very few other Vulcan characters were played. Tuvok's one of my favourite Vulcans, thanks to Tim Russ' considered performance.
It's completely inappropriate and disrespectful to Artists. It's the job of an Actor to act out the stories of all races that they may, or may not, belong to - whether they're real, or imagined. What I love about Tuvok is that Tim Russ plays him in a very similar vein to how Leonard Nimoy plays Spock. To how Mark Lenard plays Sarek. Tim understands how to suggest the dignity and self-control Vulcans are meant to have in a way that very few other Vulcan characters were played. Tuvok's one of my favourite Vulcans, thanks to Tim Russ' considered performance.
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As well as two in Abrams Star Trek.
Is it possible that "black" and "Asian" Vulcans are the result of interbreeding with humans, or other non vulcanoid species?
No matter the color of the skin or the gender. The vulcan race is characterized by the sharp ears and an infinite logic / wisdom and a deep loyality to their friends.
Tuvok is to Janeway what Spock was to Kirk, a loyal friend, senior officer and sometimes, a Devil's advocate when it turned out to be necessary!
The entire planet is bombarded with more solar light and surface heat than most of Earth. Vulcan's equator would be uninhabitable altogether. Those from the rest of the planet have to live in cities with some kind of shelter or design to deflect the heat. (Underground in some books/Enterprise etc and Cliffside ST 2009 et al)
Doesn't appear to be the case based on the information on hand.
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