Leslie Jones has taken to Twitter to defend her Ghostbusters character.
The Saturday Night Live star plays Patty, a subway worker who joins the Ghostbusters team because while the three white academics are smart they lack the New York street smarts she has tons of.
People have suggested that this type of racial stereotype – intelligent white characters and less intelligent black characters – does nothing to combat the diversity problem in Hollywood.
Leslie doesn’t agree, and shared her anger on Twitter over the backlash.