Vanessa Morgan Calls Out 'Riverdale' for Making Black Characters ‘Sidekicks'

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Vanessa Morgan Calls Out 'Riverdale' for Making Black Characters ‘Sidekicks'
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Riverdale's Vanessa Morgan is holding her own show accountable.

The 28-year-old actress, who portrays Toni Topaz on the show, first spoke out on Sunday, May 31.

“Tired of how black people are portrayed in Media, tired of us being portrayed as thugs, dangerous or angry scary people. Tired of us also being used as sidekick non dimensional characters to our white leads,” she wrote in a message shared via Twitter. “Or only used in the ads for diversity but not actually in the show.”after a social media user pointed that her character is also part of the LGBTQ community.

She added that Toni is being “used as the token biracial bisexual” on the series, which is set to begin production on its fifth season this summer.during season 2. She was promoted to a series regular ahead of season 3 as her character entered a relationship withThe teen drama star later clarified on Tuesday that she wasn’t upset with the cast, which includes Petsch,

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