thanks very much , I ' ll check them out . <| sep |> Right , but it isn ' t set today in America , it ' s set in the 23 rd century near the border of the Alpha and Beta quadrants . Everything they ' ve told us about humanity that it ' s postscarcity , that our fears about nations and colours have been supplanted by fears about aliens means that if you ' re showing more than 50 % white humans then it can ' t possibly be accurate . Why wouldn ' t people of Chinese descent outnumber people of American descent in Starfleet ? I ' m not arguing that quotas are frequently stupid . You wouldn ' t fill an elite team in whatever discipline by using quotas for minorities . But they aren ' t hiring surgeons here , they ' re casting the future of humanity .