ā¦oh thatās why in the films they said:
They thought that Spockās dyslexia came from his mother, because it was so common in humans, but not Vulcans.
And they called it a disability, or disadvantage.
Eminently ālogicalā reasoning, and when Spock got to the end of his tenure in schooling, they comment on it, because itās only logical to acknowledge Spockās handicap throughout his tenure.
Only when they said it, Spock realized that despite being one of the smartest Vulcans to have ever lived, every single aspect of his life on Vulcan was analyzed based on his race.
That even the head council, who were supposed to be completely impartial, and free of all emotionā¦were racist.
Because they could have said that his dyslexia was the problem. They could have said āEven with your learning disability, you have excelled beyond our wildest expectations.ā
But instead, they blamed his mother.
His mother, who read his Alice in Wonderland to him.
His mother, who realized earlier than everyone how hard his life was going to be, and personally tutored him because nobody wanted to tutor a half-Vulcan child who inherited a learning disability from her.
His mother, who despite living on Vulcan for years, and raising three children in the ways of Surak, is still being blamed for her sonās learning disability, when that was no fault of her own, but instead the result of a genetic lottery.
All because she was a human.
After all, it was ālogicalā that she is at fault for her sonās disability, right?
And just like that, Starfleet gained an officer.
Because, for all the flaws Starfleet possessed, they would never shame his mother just for being a good mom.
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