Interview: Who Hates Star Wars For It's Newfound Diversity?

Bethany Lacina is an associate professor of political science at
the University of Rochester and she took a dive into "Star Wars
Twitter" to get a better understanding of fandom and why it's so
toxic.  She looked at the vitriol surround Kelly Marie Tran
and wrote "How common is such harassment? In my research, I have
investigated this phenomenon on Twitter, where offensive language
and hate speech have a modest but clear presence — not because of
automated accounts (“bots”) but because of humans.