CBS released a trailer earlier this month for its upcoming “Star Trek: Discovery,” the first television series in the franchise since “ Star Trek: Enterprise ” ended in 2005. The trailer for “Star Trek: Discovery”“Enough with your racial and gender quotas Hollywood,” one commenter wrote. On Sunday, George Takei, who played the iconic character Hikaru Sulu in the original “Star Trek” series and multiple movies, joined MSNBC’s “AM Joy” to discuss the views of people who believe the Star Trek franchise is being tainted in an attempt to diversify the cast. “And they don’t know the history of Star Trek [either] … [Star Trek creator] Gene Roddenberry created this with the idea of finding strength in our diversity ― and also the delight of life in diversity.”He then added: “We had a guiding acronym ― IDIC ― which stood for infinite diversity in infinite combinations. We boldly went where we hadn’t gone before because we were curious about what’s out there.

Source: Huffington Post May 29, 2017 21:00 UTC