Indeed, the basis of Star Trek from its very beginnings seems to have been rooted in diversity.
Long before Michelle Yeoh or Sonequa Martin-Green joined the cast of Star Trek: Discovery, you had people like Nichelle Nichols and, of course, George Takei paving the way for an evolving sci-fi in the late 1960s.
As I’m sure many reading this know, William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols made history in 1968 with television’s first interracial kiss.
Going back to Takei’s point to MSNBC, those who complain about the lack of diversity in Star Trek are, regardless to whether or not they’ve been following the new series, perhaps blind to the fact that the series has always embraced diversity.