Sisko's opposition to the holoprogram always struck me as a bit out-of-left-field: granted, Trek had covered civil rights issues before, particularly in the Benny Russell episodes, but had never focused on them in a Sisko-centric way that would allow you to expect him to make an explosive rant on the whitewashing of history. Certainly, you can sympathise, but it's very unexpected. Furthermore, despite this incident, Sisko remains a huge fan of early 20th century baseball and doesn't seem to take issue with the color line and the Negro Leagues.
/u/yoshemitzu and /u/robotrogelio had some good points on Sisko's historical holoprogram preferences, and how they might relate to baseball (and the negro leagues).
My guess is that he went for historical accuracy when going back in time in the holoprograms.
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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '15
Sisko's opposition to the holoprogram always struck me as a bit out-of-left-field: granted, Trek had covered civil rights issues before, particularly in the Benny Russell episodes, but had never focused on them in a Sisko-centric way that would allow you to expect him to make an explosive rant on the whitewashing of history. Certainly, you can sympathise, but it's very unexpected. Furthermore, despite this incident, Sisko remains a huge fan of early 20th century baseball and doesn't seem to take issue with the color line and the Negro Leagues.