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        <title><![CDATA[‘Riverdale’ creator apologizes to Vanessa Morgan after diversity criticism]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Riverdale&#8221; creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is taking accountability after actress Vanessa Morgan called out the CW show for their portrayal of black characters.</p><p>&#8220;We hear Vanessa. We love Vanessa. She&#8217;s right,&#8221; he <strong>said in an Instagram post</strong> on Thursday. &#8220;We will do better to honor her and the character she plays. As well as all of our actors and characters of color.&#8221;</p><p>Amid the George Floyd protests, Morgan, who plays Toni Topaz on &#8220;Riverdale,&#8221; said she was &#8220;tired of being used as side kick non dimensional characters to our white leads.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;CHANGE is happening and will continue to happen,&#8221; Aguirre-Sacasa, 44, added in his response. &#8220;Riverdale will get bigger, not smaller. Riverdale will be part of the movement, not outside it.&#8221;</p><p>The screenwriter said all of the show&#8217;s writers also made a donation to the <strong>Black Lives Matter Los Angeles</strong> organization.</p><p>Morgan retweeted the response, seemingly accepting the apology.</p><p>When the 28-year-old first spoke out on Twitter Monday, she also said that she was &#8220;tired of how black people are portrayed in Media, tired of us being portrayed as thugs, dangerous or angry scary people.&#8221;</p><p>A Twitter user pointed out that since her character is part of the LGBTQ community, the show is getting &#8220;double the diversity&#8221; out of her.</p><p>Morgan responded, &#8220;Lmao too bad I’m the only black series regular but also paid the least&nbsp;😂👏🏽 girl i could go on for days.&#8221;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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