"Riverdale" star Vanessa Morgan vowed to support black designers and "no longer take roles that don't properly represent us."
Morgan joined the CW show during season two as Toni Topaz and was upped as a series regular the following season. Toni was also the show's first bisexual character and Morgan has previously spoken about playing a character who is bisexual and biracial.
Fans have yet to learn more about Toni outside of her relationship with Cheryl Blossom and the minor story lines that she's part of, but "Riverdale" writer Ted Sullivan said the fifth season will have a "heavy" Toni episode.
In late May, the actress spoke out in regards to representation in the media.
"Tired of how black people are portrayed in Media, tired of us being portrayed as thugs, dangerous, or angry scary people," she said. "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."
Morgan went on to say that she's "the only black series regular but also paid the least" and said she was "used as the token biracial bisexual." Her comments were met with support from costars Lili Reinhart (Betty Cooper), Ashleigh Murray (Josie McCoy), and Asha Bromfield (Melody Valentine), who slammed the show's treatment of the Pussycats.
In June, Morgan said that she'll be supporting black designers going forward.
"From now on any red carpet or event I will be wearing and supporting Black designers," she wrote. "Any aspiring Black designers hit me up. I got you. I see you."
She also made it clear that she'll be more selective about the roles she takes and will "fight" for her black fans.
"We aren't your token black non-dimensional characters," Morgan said. "This is being black in Hollywood. I will fight for YOU."
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