XPost: alt.non.racism, alt.startrek, rec.arts.tv   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.tv, rec.arts.startrek.current   
   From: droleary@2017usenet1.subsume.com   
      
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   Wouter Valentijn  wrote:   
      
   > Op 22-6-2017 om 20:47 schreef anim8rfsk:   
   > >   
   > > I hate that they're getting well established Trek history wrong - again.   
   > > Is that racist?   
   >   
   > They did not refer to criticism concerning the timeline.   
      
   Maybe, but maybe not.  You can’t add new diversity to an established   
   franchise like Star Trek, especially via retcon, without addressing the   
   depictions of diversity in the existing story lines.  Or without   
   representing *actual* population distributions in a society.  Trek   
   *used* to smartly address current social issues via allegory.  Everything   
   I read about this new show seems to indicate no such subtlety will exist.   
   It’s hard to have high expectations for *any* show that is pushing an   
   agenda that has nothing to do with telling a great story.   
      
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