#spacism

Cue a tirade about humanity and Cerberus values blah blah, and finally the CHENG refusing to continue working if doing so alongside an alien. Shepard nods, places a hand in Tali's shoulder and has EDI relieve the CHENG on the spot, before giving their position to Tali.

You wanna know what'd suck? If aliens came to Earth and looked at history and instead of talking about our cultures, inventions, or even wars, they just called us dirty or gross because there have been a lot of plagues and now "maggot-men" and "swines" are new slurs because we "roll around in shit and filth"

I know there’s a dozen more down-to-earth things to be offended at in the film, but this isn’t the first time we’ve heard the word “thing” thrown around in Star Wars--the most memorable being when an Imperial officer calmly asks “Where are you taking this...thing?” about Chewbacca. It’s a good line that throws out spacism and contempt and encapsulates the evil of the Empire.

Also, it would have been nice for Luke to give some names and a species identifier, and not just exposition. Or for, you know, one of the Space Nuns to actually be a character? Because, once again, aliens are left to be foreign objects to be marveled at--they’re creatures in a zoo. 

Puttin’ the “space” back into “space racism.”