Don’t Be Riker
“Yeah I love Star Trek too,” Shahid said enthusiastically. “But what do you think about Riker?”
“Oh goooooodddd!” I groaned. “He’s such the epitome of white straight dude privilege. The way he walks around with his chest all puffed out, stroking that beard, taking up so much space.”
“Exactly! Even the way he sits, like a cowboy — he takes up so much space.”
I rolled my eyes. “I know. He is everything wrong with the world and with privilege in community organizing. It’s like where do you even begin to address it all?”
Shahid laughed. “It’d be easiest just to say say ‘Don’t Be Riker.’ Whatever you do, just don’t be Riker.”
I doubled over with laughter. “That’s so awesome! Someone should do a blog like that. Just post pictures of Riker doing straight white dude stuff, with a caption, ‘Don’t.’”
Shahid paused for a minute. “Yeah, yeah they should.”
