I excused that for three reasons.

One, Vulcan is a desert planet with a thinner atmosphere than Earth, so it made sense for some inhabitants to have much darker skin than others.

Two, Tim Russ was a lifelong Trekkie. I love seeing ascended fanboys like that.

Three, Tim Russ was phenomenal in the role. As weak as Voyager could be, he was always at least watchable.

However, that was Tuvok. Not Spock. Spock was never dark-skinned.

Thus going back to the original point: If they want diversity, they can make their own damn characters.

I excused that for three reasons.

One, Vulcan is a desert planet with a thinner atmosphere than Earth, so it made sense for some inhabitants to have much darker skin than others.

Two, Tim Russ was a lifelong Trekkie. I love seeing ascended fanboys like that.

Three, Tim Russ was phenomenal in the role. As weak as Voyager could be, he was always at least watchable.

However, that was Tuvok. Not Spock. Spock was never dark-skinned.