Fans of ABC’s excellent spy series Agent Carter were thrilled to learn it's been renewed for a second season
. But while the show deserves lots of praise for being the first female-led project in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, many are asking for more racial diversity next season too. Fans are now using the #DiversifyAgentCarter hashtag to celebrate the real-life women of color who could easily fit into the 1940s-set series without sacrificing “historical accuracy.”
Some of the tweets are collected below and you can find more in the #DiversifyAgentCarter hashtag.
Billie Holiday and her dog Mister, New York, c. June 1946 #DiversifyAgentCarter pic.twitter.com/IP8HzqJDJF
— Red Wedge Magazine (@RedWedgeMag) May 8, 2015
#DiversifyAgentCarter because Katherine Sui Fun Cheung was the first Asian Am woman to get a pilots license in 1932! pic.twitter.com/PnMRJCwe3I
— clara mae (@ubeempress) 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
My Arab great-grandma, a detective & civil defense director in 1950s NYC. These women existed. #DiversifyAgentCarter pic.twitter.com/YGVcadaadT
— Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) May 9, 2015
Harlem. 1941. #DiversifyAgentCarter pic.twitter.com/8jVqAtpgyD
— Red Wedge Magazine (@RedWedgeMag) 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
1940s superspy Senorita Rio, the first Latina lead character in US comics. #DiversifyAgentCarter pic.twitter.com/xsQQX5lb1G
— Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) May 9, 2015
The "Women Guerrillas" corps trains in Manila, Philippines in 1941. #DiversifyAgentCarter pic.twitter.com/7zia1Rr2vW
— Jennifer the Dag (@Jennifer_deG) May 9, 2015
I previously wrote about the show’s strength and weaknesses as well as one natural place for a leading character of color over at The A.V. Club.
