Michael Burnham's "Star Trek" journey was destined to be among the franchise's toughest and most complex. Some of us knew this from the moment Sonequa Martin-Green was cast to play her, especially Black women who are sci-fi geeks. We have never been few, but until recently, we were far less visible than we are now.
To some, this visibility symbolizes everything that has supposedly gone wrong with this franchise and others. The reach of "Star Trek: Discovery" goes even further by assembling a truly inclusive cast that blew apart the original series' longstanding heteronormativity.
