‘In the Heights’ and Colorism: What Is Lost When Afro-Latinos Are Erased

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'The film, set in a New York neighborhood known as the Little Dominican Republic, didn’t cast dark-skinned Latinos in lead roles.'

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As for Chu’s response, it is the same excuse that white Anglo executives and casting directors have used to exclude people of color from Hollywood for decades. That, for me, really exposes how deep the problem runs. The issue goes beyond one film or one casting decision: it is about the legacies of white supremacy that have positioned whiteness as a universal experience from which we can tell stories.Lin-Manuel Miranda, right, at the Washington Heights premiere of “In the Heights.

That assumption set the trap that “In the Heights” fell into. Again, that’s not to absolve anyone involved in the project for choices that they made, but rather to identify the powerful ideology that made those choices seem so natural, even as they flew in the face of experience and reality.A salon scene in “In the Heights” focuses on the customer played by Grace. She’s surrounded by Barrera, left, Beatriz, Rubin-Vega and Polanco.

 

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