DC Fan wrote:By the way, if people keep pushing this extreme narratives there will be no end.
For instance:
-Let´s talk diversity. Whenever this topic comes up regarding having a Latino actor Hollywood believes that just placing a random one should be enough to check that mark. However, while we Latinos do support each other, there´s nothing remotely similar between Latin countries except the language (and even then each country has their own words for things and most often than not a word used in X country is offensive in Y country). So, just because there´s a Colombian actor on a role doesn´t mean I, as a Puerto Rican, feel represented nor should a Colombian feel represented by a Puerto Rican actor. So, what then? Is Hollywood supposed to cast the same character from an actor of each country and film the movie those many times?
...for instance, in The Flash TV series the character of Vibe/Cisco Ramón is played by a Mexican actor yet the character in the comics is Puerto Rican. Should we demand to change it as well?
-Still with the Latino representation. We all have different skin colors and physical atributes. That means/should mean that a white actor doesn´t represent a mulato person or that a mulato person wouldn´t feel represented by a black person.
-I´m white. 100% white. So much so that when I let people know that my father and his entire family is black their in shock. And that´s because my mother and her entire family is white. I wasn´t born biracial. I´m white. So much so that I currently live in Spain and sometimes I´m even more white that many Spanish people. I used to act. If I were to now decide to do voice acting I will not be allowed to play the role of a biracial character? Who whill deny me that when I was born out of a black father and a white mother?
...BTW, because there´s such a mix in Puerto Rico that´s not a surprise to anyone. I spent time with my father and his family where I was the only white person there and there was no doubt I was part of that family.
You see? There´s no end to this rabbit hole.
PS
Regarding the Esmeralda story let me tell you something. As said, I live in Spain now. Gypsies live in their own. Over 90% of the time they marry within their race and most of them won´t even integrate to Spanish society. If they were to do The Hunchback of Notre Dame in Spain. What are they supposed to do about that?
Similar situation. During Three Kings Day there are parades that go around cities/towns throwing candies/toys towards people/kids. They also have the Three Kings represented there. Baltasar (one of them) is a black character. And, for the most part, what they do to represent him is by doing "black face". And that´s not because Spanish are racists or mean to offend anyone. It´s because there are no black people in the country. It wasn´t until starting the 2000s that people from other countries started to migrate there. And even most Africans that come to the country don´t integrate to the Spanish society. They mind their own business, earning their living how they can and spend their entire time amongst themselves.
...so you see, not everything can be applied to everything. And people need to realize that each country has a different country and their different circumstances.
Yes, all of that is true. Latino culture is very complex and complicated, due to the different history and demographics the land went through. Claiming latinos are only one skin color is pretty racist in itself. There are black latinos, mestizos, whites, asians, it's all about where you've been born instead of the color of your skin. Not saying there isn't racism, but only ignorants of their history would claim "latinos are only brown/white".
As for Spain, that is true as well. Most of Spaniard actors I've seen tend to be white and the few black/roma are very rare/niche or stuck in their own communities. Forcing them to integrate when they don't feel like it by following American standards feels very patronizing, and again, ignorant of the actual context of the country.
See why Honey Lemon is a joke, honestly. There are white, blonde Latinas, but Disney should've tried
harder to show her heritage. Either have her mention her real name, have a more noticeable accent, or mention her home life...Whatever. The representation can't be so subtle that many people end up thinking she's a valley girl from California.
It's like latino voices to the white woke don't matter. Unless if it's to rage at white people and illegal immigration, but our other issues are always ignored.
I'd love to see somebody come here and whitesplain the hell out of this.
)... It only took eighty years.
