The significance of becoming the first Black Batwoman — during a time when the support for inclusivity in media and the Black Lives Matter movement is so strong — isn’t lost on Javicia Leslie.
Says Leslie, 33, who was cast in July to replace Ruby Rose for the second season of The CW’s Batwoman, "This really had nothing to do with me and everything to do with my people and with little Black girls." A lifelong Batman fan, she found her own positive representation as a child through Eartha Kitt’s Catwoman.
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