“Riverdale” creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is taking accountability after actress Vanessa Morgan referred to as out the CW present for his or her portrayal of black characters.
“We hear Vanessa. We love Vanessa. She’s proper,” he stated in an Instagram publish on Thursday. “We are going to do higher to honor her and the character she performs. In addition to all of our actors and characters of colour.”
Amid the George Floyd protests, Morgan, who performs Toni Topaz on “Riverdale,” stated she was “bored with getting used as facet kick non dimensional characters to our white leads.”
“CHANGE is occurring and can proceed to occur,” Aguirre-Sacasa, 44, added in his response. “Riverdale will get greater, not smaller. Riverdale will likely be a part of the motion, not outdoors it.”
The screenwriter stated all the present’s writers additionally made a donation to the Black Lives Matter Los Angeles group.
Morgan retweeted the response, seemingly accepting the apology.
When the 28-year-old first spoke out on Twitter Monday, she additionally stated that she was “bored with how black individuals are portrayed in Media, bored with us being portrayed as thugs, harmful or indignant scary individuals.”
A Twitter person identified that since her character is a part of the LGBTQ neighborhood, the present is getting “double the diversity” out of her.
Morgan responded, “Lmao too unhealthy I’m the one black collection common but additionally paid the least 😂👏🏽 woman i might go on for days.”
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