people, not just black people, that this is also our world. and it would have normalized an entire genre and an entire way of being and an entire people. >> the fact that he's young and black doesn't make him a junkie. >> even though gina torrez didn't make it to the "mantis" series, it really was just the beginning of her sort of sci-fi legacy. >> i watched her for a decade she's one of the people i like to say, like, raised me on television. i watched her in "fire fly" when i was in high school. i was watched her on "zena," on "hercules." >> i didn't fit in anywhere else. the fact that i'm ethically ambiguous to a lot of creators out there. where i did fit was in sci-fi. i could be a stand alone badass.