‘Riverdale’s Vanessa Morgan Criticizes Show For Making Black Characters ‘Sidekicks’ To ‘White Leads’
Vanessa Morgan — who plays Toni Topaz on Riverdale — is making her feelings known about the media’s representation of people of color, both on the news and in entertainment. “Tired of how black people are portrayed in Media, tired of us being portrayed as thugs, dangerous or angry scary people. Tired of us also being used as sidekick non dimensional characters to our white leads. Or only used in the ads for diversity but not actually in the show,” the 28-year-old actress wrote in a message, which she shared to Twitter on May 31. Vanessa added that she’s not being quiet “anymore” over the message.