- thinking about how “diverse” she should be? If I was “non-white” I would probably find it offensive. NO STAR TREK FAN CARES about the skin colour of the main protagonist.
POLITICS ALERT
I always am amazed at how many white people think they know what minorities should or shouldn’t think about a given subject.
I’m also amazed when someone thinks all fans of a a given franchise are the same.
I know a bunch of “non-white” Star Trek fans, and they are PUMPED for news like this, every time. Because, sadly, it’s still hard to find a character in fiction who represents them, who their kids can see themselves as.
Exactly!
This new series seems to be doing a number of things that make me excited, moving away from traditional aspects of Trek series.