Here's the link to the story over at Bleeding Fool that gives their take on the story.
tl;dr: DC is trying to do like Marvel did where they're pushing a newer, younger, more "diverse" version of the heroes, but with the same names as the old ones, in their crossover event "Future State".
I'll let you read the story if you want, but here's some highlights:
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Wonder Woman being replaced by a Brazilian woman
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Batman will also likely be replaced with a diversity hire
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From the promo art, it looks like The Flash is going to be replaced by a woman with prosthetic legs (I wish I was making this up)
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Aquaman is getting replaced by Kaldur'ahm from Young Justice
Now, granted, this is only supposed to be for a couple months, but it has all the markings of a SocJus shit-show. Sadly, all the specu-leeches that still exist in the comics world will still snap these things up like a fat kid on a tray of cupcakes because ZOMG FIRST APPEARANCE, but we all know how well that goes for the market.
RIP DC comics. You were supposed to be the savior, but you turned out to be just as corrupt as Marvel did.
The bullshit retcon they're trying to foist off on the readers is that the Amazons from the Greek side of things weren't actually insular and stayed on their island, but instead sent out exploration parties to different areas of the world, and the new WW is descended from one of those explorers that apparently decided to hook up with the locals or some shit. Ergo, she's not even full-Amazon, but somehow she's going to magically inherit the mantle of being Wonder Woman. I can suspend a lot of disbelief when it comes to comic books, but the least the bastards could do is be consistent in their storylines. Hell, I'd even accept that the exploration party made their own clay statue that had stood as a monument in their Amazon-basin version of Themiscyra and the gods decided to activate it as the new WW, but nope, we get someone who is magically blessed by her whatever-amazon-percentage bloodline.