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*light skinned people cast in 3736636278383663727 latino tv/film projects* *backlash erupts after light skinned people cast in film about predominately afro-latinx neighborhood* rita moreno: “you can never do right, it seems”
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Her saying just wait. So since her prime acting time decades ago, dark skinned Latinx have been pushed back in favor of lighter ones but yea, keep waiting Afro latinas. Keep waiting
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straight people cast in 3736636278383663727 tv/film projects" No actual gay/lesbian focused tv/film projects in 2021 Me: Hmmm.
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This is also a huge problem in American Indian media rep! Those of us in southern India are considered “darker” compared to the North Indians. When we say we want PoC representation we want to see deeper skin tones not the folks who appease the yt people aesthetic!
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Because
#InTheHeights is not about the way the neighborhood looks today. It’s from when@Lin_Manuel was growing up there. All neighborhoods shift in color, race, ethnicities over time. I’ve seen some neighborhoods completely change in as little as twelve to fifteen years. Relax. -
Except that the movie is based on a play he wrote that was receiving the exact same criticism FIFTEEN yrs ago. Except for the fact that WH has ALWAYS been historically Dominican. Except for the fact that there would've been even MORE Black Dominicans there in his time than today
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if we wait, by the time casting directors decide to cast dark skinned actors mankind will already be close to extinction.
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The same predominantly Afro Latino neighborhood that chased out peaceful BLM protesters probably doesn’t have a problem about the color of people staring in this movie
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