STARTREK: The FERENGI: anti-Semitic characters?

What ive always found troubling about star trek is the predominance of white actors. Pretty much all the humanoid races are clearly based on white models. There are many episodes where the crew encounter "human 2.0" that is species which resemble humans quite closely but are superior such as the telepathic children or Aldeans or those Aryans from TNG. Again all white. The federation is without doubt a white American organisation with its heroes and main men being white.
The star trek universe is one in which white man is the ultimate in human evolution and that point is driven home constantly but subtly.
Cisko and Chakotay are probably the best examples of ethnic actors who are not emasculated or sidelined or made to play sidekick. But even chakotay ends up reverting to stereotype. Cisko doesnt escape either with his explosive temper as exploited by Q.

Anyone that has seen star trek knows that the ferengi are space-jews.

In Startrek Deep Space 9, the characters called the Ferengi were called ant-semitic because they closely depicted the stereotype of Jews. They were called "Space Jews" because they resembled both the physical and cultural stereotypes of Jews. WHAT this true or was it calling a race card? Read on:

from: [link to www.kinema.uwaterloo.ca]

Partial quote:
Bernardi also explains that Star Trek fans have argued on the electronic mailing list that the Ferengi are comparable to Jews while other fans object to the racist implications of these comparisons. The point of this current study is not to argue that the Ferengi are or are not consciously patterned after racist Jewish stereotypes. However, there are some striking similarities between the creators' description and common negative Jewish stereotypes as described by Wilson. Wilson explains that "overtly malevolent and clearly anti-Semitic [stereotypes portray] Jews as pushy, covetous, clannish, ill-man-nered [sic], ruthless, dishonest, mercenary, grasping, overbearing, sloppy, loud, money-loving, and uncouth." (23) Regardless of any direct or indirect connections made by fans between Ferengi and anti-Semitic stereotypes, the fact that the Ferengi are an "othered" race in the Star Trek universe is key to this analysis.

They love you too, goy.

The Ferengi are displayed with sort of some good left in their hears though (like Quark especially, he is a good guy in his heart).

I suppose being over-sensitive can create a problem where there is none

Who is the trill as well

The alien races were not supposed to mimic present days races. It was a oversensitve Jewish groups who thought the Ferengi were supposed to represent the stereotypical Jew. Just another case of trying to play a race card.

In Startrek Deep Space 9, the characters called the Ferengi were called ant-semitic because they closely depicted the stereotype of Jews. They were called "Space Jews" because they resembled both the physical and cultural stereotypes of Jews. WHAT this true or was it calling a race card? Read on:

from: [link to www.kinema.uwaterloo.ca]

Partial quote:
Bernardi also explains that Star Trek fans have argued on the electronic mailing list that the Ferengi are comparable to Jews while other fans object to the racist implications of these comparisons. The point of this current study is not to argue that the Ferengi are or are not consciously patterned after racist Jewish stereotypes. However, there are some striking similarities between the creators' description and common negative Jewish stereotypes as described by Wilson. Wilson explains that "overtly malevolent and clearly anti-Semitic [stereotypes portray] Jews as pushy, covetous, clannish, ill-man-nered [sic], ruthless, dishonest, mercenary, grasping, overbearing, sloppy, loud, money-loving, and uncouth." (23) Regardless of any direct or indirect connections made by fans between Ferengi and anti-Semitic stereotypes, the fact that the Ferengi are an "othered" race in the Star Trek universe is key to this analysis.