Riverdale creator promises to ‘do better’ following Vanessa Morgan’s diversity criticism
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peoplemagazine.co.zaRiverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has vowed to make the hit show more diverse.Actress Vanessa Morgan, who has played Toni Topaz in the hit comic book show since 2017, aired her grievances with bosses at The CW programme on Twitter on Sunday amid the Black Lives Matter protests following the shocking death of African-American man George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis cops on 25 May. “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 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 then added in a post two days later that she’s.
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