why are all the Vulcans
played by Indians now?
is it just a shortcut to create a cultural background?
they did something similar when they on TNG/DS9
when they starting making most of the Klingon actors Black
I'm not sure you can say most. Michael Dorn, Tony Todd, Gabriell Union, even James Worthy were black.
However, they also had Vaughan Armstrong, Suzie Plakson, Eric Pierpoint, Karen Austin, Tricia O'Neil, James Sloyan, J.G. Hertzler, Robert O'Reilly, Mary Kay Adams, Kevin Conway, and Brian Bonsall were all white.
Those I've mentioned are all from TNG forward. The list is not exhaustive by any means, and I've only included actors who had speaking roles. Yes, I had to go check on a lot of names since I don't keep all of that in my head, though Dorn, Todd, O'Reilly, Hertzler, and Plakson I could have mentioned without reference.
What it looks to me is that there was not a particular push to cast any specific race as Klingons. Rather they cast the actors that fit the part they wanted portrayed. Personally, I thought they did an excellent job.
All the actors above portrayed Klingons as Klingons without falling into a "Planet of the Hats" paradigm where all members of a species are the same. All of these characters had their own personalities and interests and did a great job.
I think the Vulcans were not nearly as well served. Other than Leonard Nimoy, Mark Leonard, and Tim Russ, most Vulcans have been portrayed as robotic ciphers. Ethan Peck has shown quite a bit of promise as well.
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"I'm not sure you can say most. Michael Dorn, Tony Todd, Gabriell Union, even James Worthy were black."
Those were Klingons, not Vulcans.
I was responding to DarthAckbar's comment:
"they did something similar when they on TNG/DS9
when they starting making most of the Klingon actors Black'
The thread began with a speculation on the casting of Vulcans. DarthAckbar made a reference to the idea being similar to most Klingons being played by black actors. I opined that was incorrect and supplied evidence to the contrary.
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