The actress said she's 'tired of how black people are portrayed in Media ... as thugs, dangerous or angry scary people'
Get push notifications with news, features and more."Tired of how black people are portrayed in Media, tired of us being portrayed as thugs, dangerous or angry scary people," wrote Morgan, who plays Toni Topaz on the CW series. "Tired of us also being used as side kick non dimensional characters to our white leads. Or only used in the ads for diversity but not actually in the show. It starts with the media.
The statement followed Morgan's defense of her costar, Ashleigh Murray, after one person tweeted a claim that Murray was written off"You don’t know what the f--- your talking about and don’t talk about my friend like that," sheto the since-deleted tweet. "Another thing i hate BLACK women being called DIVAS for sticking up for themselves."
She added, "Maybe the show should write for her like the white characters. You picked the wrong day get off my page."
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