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