Yalitza Aparicio at the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles on Feb. 24. TV personality Yeka Rosales, a comedic actress for a Mexican-based Televisa network, is facing criticism after dressing up in brownface and wearing a prosthetic nose to mimic the indigenous Mexican actress. By Ed Morales March 15 at 3:53 AM About US is an initiative by The Washington Post to cover issues of identity in the United States. Sign up for the newsletter.
The spectacle of Rosales’s “satire” on the show “La Parodia” was nothing short of grotesque, performing an ignorant, awkward and silly stereotype often assigned to indigenous people. Brownface parody is a long-running element of Mexican entertainment, including the character named La India María from the 1972 film “Tonta, Tonta, Pero No Tanto” . But the practice — and the racism that underlies it — has persisted.
So it’s not surprising that black- and brownface pops up on TV shows in countries such as Peru and Colombia. Even in Miami, you can find a character like Yeyo Vargas, an Afro-Dominican played by Carlos Marrero, a white Cuban American actor. Vargas, who is described as president of the fictional ULPO and Barack Obama’s “adviser of Latin American and Caribbean affairs,” was ripe for ridicule in a South Florida milieu dominated by Republican Cuban Americans.
You must have run into Ralph Northam .the Governor of Va . He also does black face while he commits murder of a newborn baby than blames his Lt.Governor after he raped her .
onesoldiersmom Democrats haven't shunned blackface Virginia
BF has been shunned? Could’ve fooled me
What aboute orangeface?
What?
Thanks for telling us, EVERYDAY, what we should be offended by.
Comedians can use wigs, makeup, and prosthetics to imitate a person for a performance so long as the intent isn't to promote racist stereotypes. But to say the act of using makeup to alter appearance is racist by default ignores context. Context always matters.
It depends on the purpose. Simply applying dark makeup isn't racist. Judgement must be used.
I’m white and I’d love to have black skin and I genuinely mean that, years ago I lived on the sun in hopes that my skin would turn black. 🕶🕊
Shunned how the governor of Virginia still in power, so is the attorney general. It's good to be a democrat
Agreed.
Because 'Latin America' is a single monolithic bloc, with one culture, manifested in identical ways. How the hell is this journalism? You guys are pathetic. AND racist. What next, 'persistent form of racism in [incredibly diverse] Asia'?
I watched Roma I had to stop and read the box. I’m like what is this about? The plot. Sorry I didn’t think it was Oscar worthy. I loved MollysGame was great. I only found it because I ran out of movies to watch
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