.julito77: White Latinos need to stop equating their experiences with those of Black and Indigenous Latinos.
to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences about what he felt he had to do as a Latino to get work in Hollywood have been troubling me. “I stayed out of the sun so I could work,” he said. “I definitely would not go in the sun for years. It was a conscious thing because I could work. And all the Latinos that made it so far, a lot of them were all light-skinned. What happened to all the Afro Latinos and the majority of Indigenous Latinos? They don’t get a shot, you know.
Suggesting that he refused to enjoy the sun so he can stay whiter ignores the harsh reality that that’s not an option for other Latinos. Leguizamo’s words were likely well intentioned. He has advocated for greater Latino representation in Hollywood for years. But the framing was highly problematic because he is neither Afro Latino nor Indigenous. Suggesting that he refused to enjoy the sun so he can stay whiter to get roles ignores the harsh reality that that’s not an option for other Latinos.
This does not mean that Leguizamo has not faced discrimination or even colorism in his career. He has been vocal about
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