i just saw an ad for it and glad ppl are dragging it. Looked sus as hell
In the Heights is getting DRAGGED all over the TL, as it should. The erasure of dark-skinned Afro-Latinx folks in a musical film set in Washington Heights, NYC, a BLACK Dominican neighborhood, is colorist and racist.
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It should be dragged. Lin-Manuel Miranda and John M. Chu are trash AF for this.
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there were some afro latinos but they were just used as background talent smh. most of the cast was beige af smh
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Right! They also refused the same Black actors too. Yikes.https://twitter.com/imonly5feet/status/1404114717770240003?s=21 …
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I watched the film and I enjoyed it, but I do agree. Lin Manuel Miranda and the casting team should’ve done better with darker skinned representation. As someone who will soon live in NYC, I’m sure I’ll see more darker skinned Latinos than what the movie portrayed.
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Yes! The representation was lacking! The lead actress and director's response to this was horrible. When you come here you will so many dark-skinned Afro-Latinx people all across NYC, especially Brooklyn, Bronx, Washington Heights, etc..
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Yeah I noticed that as well about the movie and was disappointed
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It’s wild too for the way the film is being set up as this impactful story of Latinx/e culture it really plays in our faces about how surface level it all is
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Yes, it's not real representation. The Black representation is mostly the dancers. They didn't seek out any Afro-Latinx people in the audition to be a part of the cast. They rejected them because the light and white Latinx were a "better fit" in a BLACK Dominican neighborhood.
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