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   𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight" (lana@beige.party)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jun-2026 04:17:25 JST 𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"

   "when did Star Trek get woke??"

   In the very first episode of Star Trek: the original series, we see a white Captain reporting to his black Admiral boss, a black woman on the bridge just a couple years after Jim Crow was abolished, wearing a shirt skirt (a symbol of feminist liberation at the time), a Japanese helmsman on the bridge only 20 years after the internment camps, a Russian crewmate on the bridge during the Cold War [edit: actually did not appear until Season 2 but the point stands], and the foundation of the modern concept of queercoding.

   In the very first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, we see a female officer on the bridge in charge of security, a literal ship's counselor stationed at all times on the bridge, a single mom raising her teenage son on her own while juggling a full career in medicine, a blind mechanic whose "disability" is shown to be a strength, and an angry, all-powerful godlike being who is revealed to be simply a petulant child masquerading as a deity.

   In the very first episode of Star Trek: Deep Space 9, we see a black man gain a powerful command position, respect the hell out of the customs of a religion he didn't understand, show respect and equal treatment to members of three other alien races he didn't understand, appoint a female guerilla fighter who defeated imperialist fascists to a position of authority within his administration and defer to her judgement in areas of her expertise, accept his friend's gender change, and tell his son he loves him.

   Star Trek has always been woke. You just grew up to be a bad person.

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     Tim Hergert (cjust@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jun-2026 04:22:33 JST Tim Hergert

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     @Lana

     a Japanese helmsman on the bridge only 20 years after the internment camps

     I think that one thing missing from this commentary is: yes, this is shortly after the Japanese internment camps.

     With the character portrayed by an actor who was actually detained in one of these camps!

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jun-2026 11:28:02 JST Miakoda

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     @Lana Not to mention, the entire premise is a bunch of people of different species/races on the same crew! Like, that's the entire fucking premise!

     "Your Honour, Starfleet was founded to seek out new life. Well, there it sits. Waiting."
     - Picard, TNG S02 E09