Editing Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (section)

=== Scholarly reception ===
J. Emmett Winn, in his discussion of the portrayal of Ferengi, criticized the show for "perpetuat[ing] [[racial stereotypes]] and promot[ing] mainstream [[cultural assimilation]] as a noble, desirable quest and as the correct way for the racialized 'other' to exist".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Winn|first=J. Emmett|date=2003-04-10|title=Racial Issues and Star Trek's Deep Space Nine|journal=Kinema: A Journal for Film and Audiovisual Media|doi=10.15353/kinema.vi.1046|issn=2562-5764|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Since the end of the series, many other scholars have addressed a variety of aspects of the show, including Victor Grech's analysis of the Cardassians as representing Nazis;<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Grech |first=Victor |date=June 2020 |title=The banality of evil in the occupation of Star Trek's Bajor |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S037837822030147X |journal=Early Human Development |language=en |volume=145 |pages=105016 |doi=10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105016|pmid=32192805 |s2cid=214591155 }}{{Expression of Concern|doi=10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2021.105328|http://retractionwatch.com/2021/03/31/beam-us-up-elsevier-pulls-26-covid-19-papers-by- researcher-with-a-penchant-for-star-trek/ ''Retraction Watch''|http://retractionwatch.com/2020/12/10/elsevier-looking-into-very-serious-concerns-after- student-calls-out-journal-for-fleet-of-star-trek-articles-other-issues/ ''Retraction Watch''}}</ref> Douglas Cowan's chapter looking at religion in science fiction "Heeding the Prophet's Call: ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''";<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cowan |first=Douglas E. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/445480598 |title=Sacred space : the quest for transcendence in science fiction film and television |date=2010 |publisher=Baylor University Press |isbn=978-1-60258-238-5 |location=Waco, TX |oclc=445480598}}</ref> and Roger A. Sneed's ''The Dreamer and The Dream: Afrofuturism and Black Religious Thought''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sneed |first=Roger A. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1246284354 |title=The dreamer and the dream : Afrofuturism and Black religious thought |date=2021 |isbn=978-0-8142-1479-4 |location=Columbus |oclc=1246284354}}</ref> and Lisa Doris Alexander's article "Far Beyond the Stars: The Framing of Blackness in ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''",<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Alexander |first=Lisa Doris |date=2016-07-02 |title=Far Beyond the Stars: The Framing of Blackness in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01956051.2016.1142418 |journal=Journal of Popular Film and Television |language=en |volume=44 |issue=3 |pages=150–158 |doi=10.1080/01956051.2016.1142418 |s2cid=193597250 |issn=0195-6051}}</ref> both of which address the way ''Deep Space Nine'' broke new ground in depicting race in science fiction.