The Orville

[Yonadav]

But I guess if you're a little bit open about these concerns in the Union, you might be accused of just being a white guy who feels threatened by empowered artificial lifeforms. So that poor admiral maybe always was concerned about Isaac's race and what they might do, but was more afraid of being called an insecure white dude whose privilege was being threatened if he said anything. We obviously don't need any insecure white guys questioning the motivation of empowered artificial lifeforms who openly see themselves as superior and won't answer any questions about who built them.

But miss slippy knickers should surely have had such concerns, and wouldn't have been shot down for voicing them. Then again, msk being msk and "Jesus Christ" she probably saw that all would be well eventually (bar the casualties of the space battle....but since when did Yahweh bat an eyelid at a bit of death and destruction) and that the rift with the Krill could be resolved (by her) using her powers of omniscient future prediction! Truly she is divine, and her knickers are slippy beyond the dreams of avarice!

I loved the way that the entire two hour story had no use for Captain Mercer, straight white dude. He was just sort of there. And then at the end, the story finally had a use for the straight white guy-- he ordered the crew to the escape pods while he set the ship to blow up as he made a suicide run at the enemy ships. You know, because that's the one time that the world has a use for straight white dudes who totally understand toxic masculinity and can be counted on to get themselves blown up as needed.

Die, captain die upon your diversity ship
On your way to a world upon which others might have pissed.