And Colbert tried to help her out! “Are you saying that while you understand the concerns people may have…” Her response was to double down.
The afterlife of mestizaje is alive and thriving. Not disappointed nor surprised by Rita Moreno’s comments, but rather how in 2021 white supremacist rhetoric of todos somos iguales still persist. Anti-Blackness and Anti-Indigeneity is hell of a drug. 
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Riiiiight!!!! And in all of her mestiza power fucked it up
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Wow, gaslighting with a smile.
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Why did she have to bring up Guatemala, though?
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This, to me, is worse than todos somos iguales - she knows we’re not but is telling us to be quiet so she can shine.
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So she won’t ‘feel bad’ Rita honey no.
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Whiteness is not going to defend itself. SMH
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Wow, the moves here ... amazing, especially when Colbert tries to offer a chance to be more fully orbed.
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