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'Riverdale' Star Vanessa Morgan Calls Out Series for Making Black Characters Sidekicks

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Vanessa Morgan is speaking out about black representation in media, specifically calling out her series,. The 28-year-old actress, who plays south sider Toni Topaz on the CW teen drama, got candid in a post on Twitter. «Tired of how black people are portrayed in Media, tired of us being portrayed as thugs, dangerous or angry scary people,» she wrote. «Tired of us also being used as side kick non dimensional characters to our white leads.

Or only used in the ads for diversity but not actually in the show. It starts with the media.»<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>I’m not being Quite anymore. ✊

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