Noted: The tweet gained its own variety of responses, with some circling into a debate about whether Star Trekitself was progressive or racist — or both. Shatner continued to defend his position on Wilder while some academics criticized it. Among them were Brigitte Fielder, an assistant professor of comparative literature at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, an associate professor of education at the University of Pennsylvania.
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