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-->''"I've said before that I regret having used White Martians at all. We were following in the footsteps of the comics, but I do wish we had thought to use Grays instead of Whites. For one thing, the idea of Martians being either 'little green men' or 'Grays' feels right to me, in terms of alien-mythology. But mostly, it's because here in the real world, the word 'white' is obviously associated with people of European descent (such as myself) - i.e. so-called Caucasian - and not with the actual color white, i.e. the snow white or chalk white of our A'ashenn. In essence, we were distracted by the visual look of the White Martians and didn't have the sensitivity to focus on the actual and very real connotation of the WORD 'white'.\\
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-->''"I've said before that I regret having used White Martians at all. We were following in the footsteps of the comics, but I do wish we had thought to use Grays instead of Whites. For one thing, the idea of Martians being either [[LittleGreenMen 'little green men' men']] or 'Grays' [[TheGreys 'Grays']] feels right to me, in terms of alien-mythology. But mostly, it's because here in the real world, the word 'white' is obviously associated with people of European descent (such as myself) - i.e. so-called Caucasian - and not with the actual color white, i.e. the snow white or chalk white of our A'ashenn. In essence, we were distracted by the visual look of the White Martians and didn't have the sensitivity to focus on the actual and very real connotation of the WORD 'white'.\\
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Starting in this episode, the Martian castes are largely referred to by their Martian names of A'ashenn, G'arrunn and B'lahdenn, rather than the English White, Green and Red as they had been in previous seasons. [[https://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=25236 According to Greg Weisman,]] this was a deliberate choice to somewhat mitigate the unintentional real-world implications they ran into with using the word "white" for an objectively oppressed minority group.
-->''"I've said before that I regret having used White Martians at all. We were following in the footsteps of the comics, but I do wish we had thought to use Grays instead of Whites. For one thing, the idea of Martians being either 'little green men' or 'Grays' feels right to me, in terms of alien-mythology. But mostly, it's because here in the real world, the word 'white' is obviously associated with people of European descent (such as myself) - i.e. so-called Caucasian - and not with the actual color white, i.e. the snow white or chalk white of our A'ashenn. In essence, we were distracted by the visual look of the White Martians and didn't have the sensitivity to focus on the actual and very real connotation of the WORD 'white'.\\
"That's one of the main reasons why, this season, we made a conscious choice to largely stop referring to the Martians as White, Green, Red and Yellow, in favor of A'ashenn, G'arrunn, B'lahdenn and Y'ellonn. We actively wanted to create some mental distance between the A'ashenn and Caucasians by avoiding the common word 'white'. We don't want the oppressed A'ashenn associated with the decidedly NOT oppressed Caucasians in any way, shape or form. It's not a perfect solution, but after consulting with our multiple sensitivity readers, it felt like the best we could do, given our failure of imagination and sensitivity way back in Season One."''
-->''"I've said before that I regret having used White Martians at all. We were following in the footsteps of the comics, but I do wish we had thought to use Grays instead of Whites. For one thing, the idea of Martians being either 'little green men' or 'Grays' feels right to me, in terms of alien-mythology. But mostly, it's because here in the real world, the word 'white' is obviously associated with people of European descent (such as myself) - i.e. so-called Caucasian - and not with the actual color white, i.e. the snow white or chalk white of our A'ashenn. In essence, we were distracted by the visual look of the White Martians and didn't have the sensitivity to focus on the actual and very real connotation of the WORD 'white'.\\
"That's one of the main reasons why, this season, we made a conscious choice to largely stop referring to the Martians as White, Green, Red and Yellow, in favor of A'ashenn, G'arrunn, B'lahdenn and Y'ellonn. We actively wanted to create some mental distance between the A'ashenn and Caucasians by avoiding the common word 'white'. We don't want the oppressed A'ashenn associated with the decidedly NOT oppressed Caucasians in any way, shape or form. It's not a perfect solution, but after consulting with our multiple sensitivity readers, it felt like the best we could do, given our failure of imagination and sensitivity way back in Season One."''
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* InMemoriam: This episode is dedicated to W. Morgan Sheppard, the voice of Sardath.
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* InMemoriam: This episode is dedicated to W. Morgan Sheppard, the voice of Sardath.Sardath.
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* InMemoriam: This episode is dedicated to W. Morgan Sheppard, the voice of Sardath.
