#DiversifyAgentCarter A Tweet Roundup

#DiversifyAgentCarter A Tweet Roundup Anyone whos regularly on social media, and Twitter specifically, knows that it can be an ugly place. Trolls, hate speech, and getting into arguments with people you dont even know and will never meet can suck the joy out of Twitter. But sometimes the community can come together and create something awesome, and that happened last week. With the VERY WELCOME news that  Agent Carter had received a season 2 pickup, Mikki Kendall (who has a kick-ass essay in the back of  Bitch Planet  #4, if you havent read it yet) sent out a simple tweet calling for more diversity in the show. Someone should create a #DiversifyAgentCarter tag fill it with facts about the 40s in New York so the writers have no excuse. Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) May 8, 2015 And oh boy, did Twitter respond. In the best way possible. These are just a few of the amazing tweets that came from the hashtag #DiversifyAgentCarter. Check out the full list of tweets, if you have a sec! 1940s superspy Senorita Rio, the first Latina lead character in US comics. #DiversifyAgentCarter pic.twitter.com/xsQQX5lb1G Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) May 9, 2015 #DiversifyAgentCarter because privileged white guys like me blindly assume the 40s were all white because of how media always portrays it Brett White (@brettwhite) May 8, 2015 #DiversifyAgentCarter because bad-ass Native American women, like Minnie Spotted Wolf, served during WWII too pic.twitter.com/dZzMuqKFqT ?clara mae? (@ubeempress) May 8, 2015 #DiversifyAgentCarter because black people other POC existed outside of Harlem outside of service roles: http://t.co/mjzt7FCOlu K Tempest Bradford (@tinytempest) May 8, 2015 Agent Carter at its core is about awesome people being overlooked. So a black agent (black female, even) fits. #DiversifyAgentCarter Justin (@GigawattConduit) May 8, 2015 A Woman and Her Dog in Harlem New York, 1943. #DiversifyAgentCarter pic.twitter.com/tBbIYZrkra Red Wedge Magazine (@RedWedgeMag) May 8, 2015 Help #DiversifyAgentCarter by pointing out that the first Black FBI agent James Wormley Jones was appointed in 1919 http://t.co/XMdcj50jjd Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) May 8, 2015 #DiversifyAgentCarter because the lengths people will go to to whitewash and justify whitewashing a fictional universe are considerable. Alina (@LJmysticowl) May 11, 2015 Carmen Contreras-Bozak was the 1st Latina to serve in WAAC in the first unit to go overseas #DiversifyAgentCarter pic.twitter.com/vbOcnSnh39 Cielo (@ohsweetgoodness) May 11, 2015 #DiversifyAgentCarter People only treat minorities like a recent invention because period pieces often act like they are. Buck that trend! Jon Erik Christian?? (@HonestlyJon) May 8, 2015 ____________________ Follow us on Twitter for more comics goodness! Sign up to The Stack to receive  Book Riot Comic's best posts, picked for you. Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox.