Dunno, I kinda have 2 theories for these:
1. Press misquotes him, or -
2. Someone shows up and tells him this is a good idea and "all you troubles are because of race"
If I understand the article right he ends up blocking the company that published the article on twitter?
I agree with the sentiment in something he said:
Surprisingly, shortly after the article was published on December 15th, Burton himself replied to Bounding Into Comics’ official Twitter account writing, “CORRECTION: My comments to @RollingStone were critical about the writer’s insistence on the tired trope of the nerdy guy being uncomfortable around women. I never mentioned love.
When I was watching for it, it was definitely the case that geordi was written as the romantically unsuccessful nerd - a position that doesn't match my experience as he's the respected head of his department. I haven't known a single boss in tech that wasn't either married or at least had kids with a previous wife - or two.
Dunno, I kinda have 2 theories for these:
1. Press misquotes him, or -
2. Someone shows up and tells him this is a good idea and "all you troubles are because of race"
If I understand the article right he ends up blocking the company that published the article on twitter?
I agree with the sentiment in something he said:
When I was watching for it, it was definitely the case that geordi was written as the romantically unsuccessful nerd - a position that doesn't match my experience as he's the respected head of his department. I haven't known a single boss in tech that wasn't either married or at least had kids with a previous wife - or two.