Anna Diop, an actress who’s casting in new TV show ‘Titans’ has disabled her Instagram comments following a racist backlash from comic book fans.
Anna Diop will play an orange alien princess named Koriand’r/Starfire in the new series, a part of the DC Universe.
Backlash started after a set photo leaked in April, and was reignited when the latest trailer for the show was recently released. Most of Diop’s Instagram posts have also now been deleted.
The actress wrote: “Racist, derogatory and/or cruel comments have nothing to do with the person on the receiving end of that abuse. And because I know this – I am unfazed.”
Paul Feig, who directed the latest Ghostbusters, defended the Senegalese actress on Twitter.
He said: “Comic book fan community: You have to loudly denounce these racist trolls who make these attacks.”
“The fan community cannot allow itself to get painted with this brush when it’s such a small number of hateful people doing this.”
Many fans have offered support for Diop on social media. At the same time they criticized those who are responsible for the abuse.
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Actress of Titans, Anna Diop Faces Racist Backlash from Comic Book Fans
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