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33 years ago, I auditioned
seven times

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for the wonderful role
of Commander Riker,

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and the last few callbacks

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took place in
Gene Roddenberry's office.

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Gene Roddenberry told
me in those meetings

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that his vision of the 24th
century would look like this...

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There would be no sexism,

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there would be no racism,

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there would be no hunger,

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there would be no greed,

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and all of the children
would know how to read.

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And that has stuck with me,

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and as we are going through
this period of awareness

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around the Black Lives Matter,

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it keeps popping
into my head.

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It's a wonderful memory,

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and I hope by
sharing it with you

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it will help you believe

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that we can live
a future like that.