Boldly go: SpaceX to launch diversity tribute to 'Star Trek' creator Gene Roddenberry

[Admin]

A commitment to diversity honoring "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry will soon blast off to the final frontier.

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[Helio]

As a college kid, I can say that the diversity was appreciated. Movies (tv and big screen) are almost always about the struggle we humans have in life, including our own social life. The show handled it masterfully.

Some episodes help deal with racism, including the one where two races hated one another. This was where one race was black on their whole right side & white on their left, which hates the other race that was opposite. Most of the viewing audience likely did not even understand the racial element until it was explained during the dialogue.

Another point I'll add is that the diversity was not presented as equity-based, but-merit based; the crewmembers were regarded as the best (performance) of Starfleet.

 

[Mark C. Waters]

Really excited for this rocket launch, and kudos to the Roddenberry Foundation for celebrating Gene's legacy in such a cool way. He really was ahead of his time.