'I think any time you hire anyone who is a minority of any kind you have to be prepared to protect them. Because in the real world, we are not protected,' the actress said when reflecting making her debut on The CW series.
“Now people understand it a little better and they understand how fans can be racist, especially in genre, misogynistic all of that, but at the time it was kind of just like, ‘That’s how fans are, but whatever,'” Patton said. “Even with the companies I was working with, The CW and WB, I think that was their way of handling it. I think we know better now. It’s not OK to treat your talent that way — to let them go through abuse and harassment.
“There were no social media protocols in place to protect me, they just let all that stuff sit there,” she added. “It’s just not enough to make me your lead female and say, ‘Look at us, we’re so progressive, we checked the box.’ It’s great, but you’ve put me in the ocean alone around sharks.” “I think any time you hire anyone who is a minority of any kind you have to be prepared to protect them,” Patton explained. “Because in the real world, we are not protected. Just because you put us on a fancy Hollywood TV set or film set, with the hair and makeup and you assume we’re safe, we are not safe.”
Patton shared that she was also more affected by the “day-to-day stuff” and the “protocols put in place,” alleging that she was not treated equally when compared to others. “I remember asking my publicist, I was like, ‘Do you think you could getaccount to follow me?'” she recalled. “Back when I cared about that shit and wanted to be included.”
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