THE NEW STAR TREK SERIES
IS VERY MUCH ANTICIPATED AND
PEOPLE ARE EXCITED.
THERE IS ONE GROUP THAT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY
CRITICAL BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE
CASTING DECISIONS.
IT DOES STAR AN ASIAN ACTRESS.
THE SAME TYPE
OF PEOPLE THAT CRITICIZE THE
CASTING DECISIONS ARE ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT COMPLAIN ABOUT
THINGS LIKE THE ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE.
JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF TWEETS OUT THERE.
>>THAT IS COUNTER TO HOW IT WOULD EVEN WORK.
>>IT SOUNDS LIKE A STAR TREK SPACESHIP.
>> STAR TREK HAS HAD DIVERSE CAST IN THE PAST.
THE FIRST
INTERRACIAL KISS HAPPENED ON
STAR TREK.
IT IS INTERESTING THESE PEOPLE ARE RILED UP ABOUT
SOMETHING THEY CLAIM TO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT.
I WANT YOU GUYS TO
JUMP IN ABOUT THESE PHOTOS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE MORE
KNOWLEDGEABLE THAN I AM.
JUMP IN AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.
>>I HAVE SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY.
>>WHOOPI GOLDBERG.
>>STAR TREK WAS AN ATTEMPT TO SAY THAT HUMANITY WILL REACH
MATURITY AND WISDOM ON THE DAY
THAT BEGINS NOT JUST TO TOLERATE BUT TO TAKE SPECIAL DELIGHT IN
DIFFERENCES AND IDEAS AND LIFEFORMS.
IF WE CANNOT LEARN TO
ENJOY THOSE SMALL DIFFERENCES, HERE ON THIS PLANET THAN WE DO
NOT DESERVE TO GO OUT INTO SPACE AND MEET THE DIVERSITY THAT IS
MOST CERTAINLY OUT THERE.
THAT IS FROM A BOOK CALLED STAR TREK
PHILOSOPHY.
IS A QUOTE FROM GENE RODDENBERRY, THE CREATOR OF STAR
TREK AND THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN BE A FAN
OF IN THE STAR TREK WORLD.
HE BELIEVED THROUGH HIS PERSONAL
QUOTES AND STORYLINES THAT DIVERSITY WAS KEY.
THE POINT OF
STAR TREK IS TO LOOK AT IT HOPEFUL POSSIBLE FUTURE IN WHICH
WE HAVE DISCARDED THE STUPID AND USELESS IDEAS OF HATRED AND
FOCUSED ON SOMETHING MORE
EXEMPLARY OF WHAT WE COULD BE.
IS NOT ABOUT PHASERS OR BANGING
GREEN WOMEN, IT IS ABOUT HUMANITY AND HOW GREAT WE CAN BE
IF WE ONLY FOCUS OURSELVES.
IF YOU DON'T GET THAT YOU DON'T
DESERVE TO BE PART OF THIS
MISSION.
DISMISSED, THAT IS A STARFLEET EXPRESSION FOR GET
OUT.
>> STAR TREK HAS BEEN ON A MISSION IN FAVOR OF WHITE
GENOCIDE FROM THE BEGINNING.
BRETT, ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT YOUR SAFETY AS A WHITE MAN?
>>I AM GENERALLY WORRIED ABOUT MY SAFETY BUT THAT IS BECAUSE I
AM WORRIED ABOUT VOLCANOES.
I DO THINK STAR TREK IS A LITTLE
RACIST ONLY WHEN IT IS LIKE THOSE VULCANS, THEY ARE SO
LOGICAL.
>>THE POINT OF SPOCK ñ HE IS HALF VULCAN AND HUMAN, THAT IS A
WAY TO SURPASS THE POINT OF HUMAN RACISM.
THEY DON'T ACCEPT
HIM NO MATTER WHAT.
HE IS SUCH AN INTERESTING CHARACTER BUT HE
IS SUCH AN INTERESTING CASE
STUDY WITHIN THAT WORLD AND THE META-OF THE WORLD.
>>WOW.
>> I AM TOTALLY WITH YOU.
IT EXPOSES THIS ONE DYNAMIC THAT
HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WERE SOMEONE JUST KNOWS THAT THEY
WANT TO DISAGREE IN A SPECIFIC
WAY SO THEY DON'T EVEN BEGIN TO APPRECIATE THE SOURCE MATERIAL
THAT INCITED THIS
DISAGREEMENT.
LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL STAR TREK, ALL THE
WHITE DUDES WERE SUCH NERDS.
AND THE OTHER WHITE GUY HAS TO BE A
COMMUNIST.
>>THE THING I FIND SUPER INTERESTING IS HOW MUCH THIS
NOTION OF REVERSE RACISM HAS WORSE.
NOW YOU HAVE A CERTAIN
GROUP OF WHITE PEOPLE WHO PAY SUCH CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE
CASTING DECISIONS OF VARIOUS
SHOWS AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS ENOUGH WHITE PEOPLE
THERE.
I AM WHITE, BRIGHT AS WHITE, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR
YOU.
>> I'M ENJOYING SOME PRIVILEGE, I WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> I NEVER WATCH A SHOW OR A MOVIE WITH A CRITICAL EYE
REGARDING WHITE CASTING.
THERE IS SOMETHING SUPER WRONG WITH
YOU IF YOU ARE THAT INSECURE.
YOU HAVE EVERYTHING.
>> YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT REPRESENTATION IS IF YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU HAVE NOT BEEN
REPRESENTED.
IT IS SO IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A KID
SEEING SOMEONE THAT SOMEONE LOOKS LIKE YOU.
DOESN'T HAVE TO
BE RACE, IT CAN BE YOUR BODY
SHAPE OR SOMETHING ELSE.
WHEN YOU SEE A CHARACTER REPRESENTED
THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU, YOU FEEL
VALIDATED.
IT CAN MEAN EVERYTHING IF YOU ARE A CHILD LOOKING AT THIS