Star Trek: Presentation Slides Basis

 


One of Star Trek’s greatest and most notable influences on the modern world is in the realm of diversity. Not only did the film series include various powerful models, but many of them were also non-white, fundamentally shifting the narrative of people of color, especially women, and their roles in society. The films implemented several minute examples of striving for diversity, such as humans vs Vulcans/Romulans/Klingons/etc. (and the impacts of clashing between groups based on differences). In fact, Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, was quoted saying, “The whole show was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but to take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms…”, and clearly, differences in appearance and orientation as well.


[This was the basis of what would have been on my slides in the presentation that I unfortunately had to miss.]

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