I feel like ive heard that sentiment before on reddit…
Trek always has been and always will be woke. As others have said, in Gene’s eyes it wasn’t even woke enough! (And he was right)
1967: we have this bridge crew with a black woman, a Russian guy and a Japanese guy of whom everyone knew he was gayer than the 19th century. Yeah so not
wokeDEIThey didn’t need DEI because they were naturally diverse (in universe, at least).
All serving as equals with an American, during the Cold War, no less.
DAX: I hope you’re not holding back because I’m a woman. If it makes things any easier, think of me as a man. I’ve been one several times.
think of me as a man. I’ve been one several times.
We could do this all day, I just reached for this example because of my recent run Gowron of episodes 🖖
gene wanted risa to be so much gayer
He wanted the whole show to be like that, seeing as he also wanted to put an LGBT character in TOS. He just got vetoed, and it ended before then.
I actually met a real person in meatspace who said Star Trek is “woke” now. I thought they were just memes.
