Riverdale has apologised to star Vanessa Morgan after she raised concerns about pay disparity in the show.Morgan, who plays Toni Topaz in the show, said in a recent series of tweets that she was “tired” of black characters being shown as “thugs, dangerous or angry, scary people,” adding that she was “the only black series regular but paid the least”.Morgan continued: “To my black fans, I have now made it my purpose to fight for us.
To the six year old me who had no role model that looked like me on TV. This is for you.“We aren’t your token black non dimensional characters.
This is being black in Hollywood. I will fight for YOU. And I will no longer take roles that don’t properly represent us. PERIOD.”I’m not being Quite anymore. ✊.
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