According to BoundingIntoComics:
YouTuber Joe Vargas aka Angry Joe requested an apology from fellow YouTuber and Isom creator Eric July after July called out Vargas for a number of false accusations he made against him.
Vargas went after July, Rippaverse colorist Gabe Eltaeb, Inglorious Rex creator Shane Davis, YouTuber Melonie Mac, and Twitter user AVATARpolitico accusing them of racism and wanting to sexualize young children for their reaction to not only the race-swapping of April O’Neil, but also the dumpy character design in the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem film.
July criticized the race-swap and design writing on Twitter, “‘Tell me, you didnt pay money for this…? New TMNT animated reboot opts to tokenize April O’Neil as a FAT black woman! This has resulted in fake fans spreading already debunked misinformation. DOA. Full video is LIVE on YouTube!”
Eltaeb quote tweeted July writing, “April O’Neil is a white, red-headed lady. Just stop you dummies.”
Davis also shared his thoughts on Twitter writing, “I know the attack on redheads is real, but come on! April O’Neil is white!”
YouTuber Melnoie Mac also tweeted, “As always people are pulling the racist card at any April O’Neil criticism (white “activists” at that). April is supposed to be beautiful, they could have given us a cute, black April. They made her ugly on purpose, race plays no role in that.”
“This is April O’Neil? Another Red head gets bodied by ‘diversity’ lol Nah im good… won’t be watching..” tweeted AVATARPolitico.
