Editing Geordi La Forge (section)

==Reception==
Critics and fans have responded favorably to the character. Burton himself has complained on DVD featurettes about the lack of romantic interests for his character. At least one scholar, however, states that out of seven principal black characters across the ''Star Trek'' series, only La Forge and [[Tuvok]] "really qualify as nerds, and neither of them compares with the extraordinary geekiness of the teenaged [[Wesley Crusher]]." According to Dr. Ron Eglash, the construction of the La Forge character stands up to the standards of [[Afrofuturism]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Eglash|first=Ron|title=Race, Sex and Nerds: from Black Geeks to Asian-American Hipsters|journal=Social Text|date=Summer 2002|volume=20|issue=2|pages=49–64|url=http://homepages.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.dir/ethnic.dir/nerds.dir/nerd.htm|access-date=August 30, 2013|doi=10.1215/01642472-20-2_71-49|s2cid=73590826|archive-date=December 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209003214/http://homepages.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.dir/ethnic.dir/nerds.dir/nerd.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In David Greven's book ''Gender and Sexuality in Star Trek'' (2009), he described the use of the VISOR as a means to obscure the face of the character, describing it as a "surprisingly clunky symbol of blindness". However, he felt that the bionic eyes used in the film series were an improvement but followed a pattern of African American eye modifications in fantasy and science fiction films such as [[Halle Berry]] as [[Storm (X-Men)|Storm]] in ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' (2000). Greven suggested that these changes were to create the impression that the wearer was alien in nature and to highlight the difference between that character/actor and the others in the film.<ref name=greven100>[[#greven2009|Greven (2009)]]: p. 100</ref>

In 2018, [[TheWrap]] ranked Geordi as the 11th best main cast character of ''Star Trek'' shows, noting his ability to come up with technical solutions on short notice and his friendship with [[Data (Star Trek)|Data]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/all-39-star-trek-main-characters-ranked-from-spock-to-wesley-photos/|title = All 39 'Star Trek' Main Characters Ranked, from Spock to Wesley (Photos)|date = March 21, 2018}}</ref> In 2016, the character of Geordi was ranked as the 21st most important character of [[Starfleet]] within the ''Star Trek'' science fiction universe by [[Wired (magazine)|''Wired'' magazine]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/09/star-treks-100-crew-members-ranked/|title=Star Trek's 100 Most Important Crew Members, Ranked|last=McMillan|first=Graeme|date=September 5, 2016|magazine=Wired|access-date=March 20, 2019|issn=1059-1028}}</ref> In 2016, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' ranked "[[Relics (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Relics]]" as the 62nd greatest of the ''Star Trek'' franchise up to that time, noting that LeVar Burton has many great scenes with original cast veteran [[James Doohan]] reprising his famous character Scotty.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/star-trek-episodes-best-100-924455|title='Star Trek': 100 Greatest Episodes|author=Aaron Couch and Graeme McMillan|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=August 9, 2016|access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref>

In 2017, [[IndieWire]] rated Geordi as the 8th best character on ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/09/star-trek-the-next-generation-characters-ranked-1201882388/|title='Star Trek: The Next Generation': Ranking the Crew, From Picard to Pulaski|last1=Miller|first1=Liz Shannon|date=September 30, 2017|website=IndieWire|language=en|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref> [[Comic Book Resources|CBR]] ranked La Forge as the 13th best [[Starfleet]] character of ''Star Trek'', in 2018.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-starfleet-members-ranked/|title=Star Trek: The 25 Best Members Of Starfleet, Ranked|date=October 27, 2018|website=CBR|language=en-US|access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref>

In 2017, [[Screen Rant]] ranked La Forge the 9th most attractive person in the ''Star Trek'' universe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/star-trek-most-attractive-characters/|title=Star Trek: 20 Most Attractive Characters|date=December 15, 2017|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US|access-date=July 12, 2019|archive-date=April 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416012852/https://screenrant.com/star-trek-most-attractive-characters/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2018, [[TheWrap|''The Wrap'']] placed La Forge as 11th out 39 in a ranking of main cast characters of the ''Star Trek'' franchise prior to ''[[Star Trek: Discovery]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/all-39-star-trek-main-characters-ranked-from-spock-to-wesley-photos/|title=All 39 'Star Trek' Main Characters Ranked|date=March 21, 2018|website=TheWrap|language=en-US|access-date=June 22, 2019}}</ref>