'Star Trek' actress says backlash pushes the show’s 'wokeness' to warp speed

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• Among the critics is White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, who has accused the franchise of abandoning its core audience.
• Gina Yashere, who plays Lura Thok in the new Paramount+ series "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy," responded online after sharing a clip from comedian Bill Maher’s show that touched on the controversy."All of the hatred coming at us is from fragile, angry White men, talking about either our non-whiteness or our bodies," Yashere wrote Sunday in an Instagram post.
• 'HE-MAN' REBOOT TRAILER DIVIDES FANS AS ICONIC CHARACTER'S ALTER EGO DEPICTED AS OFFICE DRONE Gina Yashere attends Paramount+’s "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy" world premiere at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on Jan.
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• (Taylor Hill/FilmMagic) "It's frankly ridiculous.