Some so-called \u201cStar Trek\u201d fans had complained of \u201cwhite genocide\u201d on the new Star Trek show. \u201cStar Trek Discovery\u201d actor Sonequa Martin-Green, the first black woman to be the lead in the franchise, proved racist trolls wrong on Thursday as she praised the universal appeal of \u201cStar Trek\u201d and pointed out its years long diversity. Yes!! Beam this girlfriend up to hero status! The New Yorker last month reported on the ugly backlash to the new \u201cStar Trek\u201d show\u2019s trailer, featuring Martin-Green as the lieutenant commander and Michelle Yeoh as the Starfleet captain. Some commenters decried the lack of an alpha male in charge, the magazine wrote, calling it a fear of \u201cwhite genocide.\u201d But Martin-Green had the perfect advice for the bigots.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would encourage them to key into the essence and spirit of \u201cStar Trek\u201d that has made it the legacy it is, and that\u2019s looking across the way to the person sitting in front of you and realizing you are the same, that they are, not separate from you, and we are all one,\u201d she told Entertainment Weekly. \u201cThat\u2019s something \u2018Star Trek\u2019 has always upheld and I completely believe that is why it\u2019s been a mainstay in society in the hearts of so many people for so many decades.\u201d Noting the franchise\u2019s casting diversity dating back to the original series in the 1960s, Martin-Green said she was proud of being on a \u201cStar Trek\u201d seen through the eyes of a black woman. \u201cI feel like we\u2019re taking another step forward, which I think all stories should do,\u201d she said to EW. \u201cWe should go boldly where nobody has gone before and stay true to that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStar Trek Discovery\u201d is a prequel series that takes place a decade before Capt. James T. Kirk and crew in the 1966\u2019s original Star Trek series and features the ground-breaking franchise\u2019s most diverse cast ever. The lavishly produced footage shows Martin-Green\u2019s First Officer Michael Burnham getting a potential opportunity to command her first ship from her longtime captain Philippa Georgiou (Yeoh), then wrestling with a mortal threat from the Klingon Empire. Included are glimpses of a dark and sleek new starship bridge, the show\u2019s royal blue Starfleet uniforms, a desert planet and the introduction of Doug Jones (Hellboy) as Lt. Saru, a Starfleet Science Officer and member of a new alien species in the Star Trek universe who can sense oncoming death. CBS also announced the first season has been expanded to 15 episodes from its original 13-hour order. \u201cStar Trek Discovery,\u201d will be available on CBS All Access beginning Sept 24th.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before\u201d Is Totally Being Upheld, This Time By A Woman! <\/b><\/p>\nSusan Z\u2019s Conclusion:<\/h2>\n
Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the Star Trek phenom, would be proud! Not only is the new series pushing the envelope of sexist stereotypes but introducing new alien species. Roddenberry used the idea of traveling to deep space and encountering differences among us in this vast universe and accepting the concept. Maybe to teach us to accept that concept here in our small universe called the World?<\/p>\n
Ace of Cups:<\/b>
\nThis card is of gaining one\u2019s heart\u2019s desire. I believe this series will be popular with the majority of \u201cTrekkies\u201d once they acclimate to the different look and feel of the old concept. After all, it is a \u201cprequel\u201d not a \u201csequel\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ten of Pentacles:<\/b>
\nThis card is of financial security and family support. To support my above statement, I feel this series will do well and become the financial success they are hoping for.<\/p>\n
Strength:<\/b>
\nThe card says it all. I believe having two female leads had to be fought for and was won with hard earned good old Hollywood reasoning. At the moment, there is a tide of female driven movies and TV shows, so jump on the bandwagon while it\u2019s hot!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sonequa Martin-Green Star Of \u2018Star Trek: Discovery\u2019 Shuts Down Racist Trolls Some so-called \u201cStar Trek\u201d fans had complained of \u201cwhite genocide\u201d on the new Star Trek show. \u201cStar Trek Discovery\u201d actor Sonequa Martin-Green, the first black woman to be the lead in the franchise, proved racist trolls wrong on Thursday as she praised the universal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1257,1258,1256,519],"class_list":{"0":"post-6748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celeb-news","8":"tag-discovery","9":"tag-sonequa-martin-green","10":"tag-star-trek","11":"tag-trolls"},"yoast_head":"\n