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

The film has been criticized for not casting dark-skinned Latinos in lead roles. 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Entertainment, via Associated Press How the Absence of Dark-skinned Latinos Reverberates By Maira Garcia “[In the Heights](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiuY3YP0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNi8wOS9tb3ZpZXMvaW4tdGhlLWhlaWdodHMtcmV2aWV3Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMTA2MjYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MzM5NDMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTYxODU1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpg1NgI12DHnE_9Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~),” the long-delayed Hollywood adaptation of the Broadway musical, has been heralded as a step for more Latino representation in Hollywood, but a conversation has emerged about colorism and the casting of the film. The New York neighborhood at the center of the story, Washington Heights, is predominantly Afro-Dominican. In an [interview](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiuY3YP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcm9vdC5jb20vbGV0cy10YWxrLWFib3V0LWluLXRoZS1oZWlnaHRzLWFuZC10aGUtZXJhc3VyZS1vZi1kYXJrLTE4NDcwNjQxMjY_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMTA2MjYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MzM5NDMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTYxODU1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpg1NgI12DHnE_9Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), Felice León, a video producer for The Root, asked Jon M. Chu, the director, and some of the stars about the lack of dark-skinned leads in the film: “As a Black woman of Cuban descent specifically from New York City,” she told him, “it would be remiss of me to not acknowledge the fact that most of your principal actors were light-skinned or white-passing Latinx people.” Chu said it was a conversation and something he needed to be educated about. In the end, he said, they “tried to get the people who were best for those roles.” Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is a part of [the film’s creative team](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiuY3YP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNi8xMS9tb3ZpZXMvaW4tdGhlLWhlaWdodHMtbW92aWUtd3JpdGVycy1kaXJlY3Rvci5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjEwNjI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTMzOTQzJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD02MTg1NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYNTYCNdgx5xP_VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), which includes the writer Quiara Alegría Hudes, addressed the criticism last week in a [statement on Twitter](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiuY3YP0TRaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9MaW5fTWFudWVsL3N0YXR1cy8xNDA0NTY1NDEzMTE2MTQxNTcwP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjEwNjI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTMzOTQzJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD02MTg1NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYNTYCNdgx5xP_VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). He [apologized for falling short](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiuY3YP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNi8xNS9tb3ZpZXMvaW4tdGhlLWhlaWdodHMtY29sb3Jpc20tYWZyby1sYXRpbm8tbGF0aW5hLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMTA2MjYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MzM5NDMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTYxODU1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpg1NgI12DHnE_9Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) in “trying to paint a mosaic of this community.” Several prominent Latinos came to Miranda’s defense, including the pioneering Latina actress [Rita Moreno](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiuY3YP0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNi8yNS9tb3ZpZXMvcml0YS1tb3Jlbm8taW50ZXJ2aWV3Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMTA2MjYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MzM5NDMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTYxODU1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpg1NgI12DHnE_9Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), who later [backtracked her comments](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiuY3YP4QpAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmhvbGx5d29vZHJlcG9ydGVyLmNvbS9tb3ZpZXMvbW92aWUtbmV3cy9yaXRhLW1vcmVuby1zYXlzLWRpc2FwcG9pbnRlZC1pbi1teXNlbGYtZm9sbG93aW5nLWluLXRoZS1oZWlnaHRzLWNvbG9yaXNtLWRlZmVuc2UtMTIzNDk2NjA2OC8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMTA2MjYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MzM5NDMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTYxODU1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpg1NgI12DHnE_9Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). It’s not the first time Chu has had to contend with questions of identity. His box office hit “Crazy Rich Asians” also had to[address similar issues](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiuY3YP0TdaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOC8wOC8wOC9tb3ZpZXMvY3JhenktcmljaC1hc2lhbnMtY2FzdC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjEwNjI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTMzOTQzJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD02MTg1NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYNTYCNdgx5xP_VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) when it came to the casting of Asians and Asian Americans in the film. (The lead actor in that film, Henry Golding, is biracial.) I asked five critics and reporters at The Times to weigh in on the criticism and what it means for representation in the arts. These are edited excerpts from the conversation, more of which can be found [here.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiuY3YP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNi8yMS9tb3ZpZXMvaW4tdGhlLWhlaWdodHMtY29sb3Jpc20uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIxMDYyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0zMzk0MyZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NjE4NTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmDU2AjXYMecT_1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiuY3YP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTc0MTQ5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIxMDYyNlcDbnl0Qgpg1NgI12DHnE_9Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ There has long been a lack of Latino representation in Hollywood, and “In the Heights” was aimed as a step toward rectifying that. However, León’s interview raised important questions about colorism in the casting in the film, which is centered on a neighborhood that has a big Afro-Latino population. Did the creative team do enough when it comes to representation? CONCEPCIÓN DE LEÓN In my view, no. I’ve been concerned about the issue of colorism in the film since the trailer was released. Aside from Leslie Grace, the Dominican-American actress who plays Nina, a Puerto Rican college student struggling with belonging and community at Stanford University, none of the lead actors are Afro-Latino. Hollywood has long valorized and highlighted fair-skinned Latinos over Afro-Latinos, often denying the latter roles that reflect their culture. It’s a limited and inaccurate representation of Latinos, who are diverse in culture and complexion. But what makes these casting choices particularly egregious is that the movie is set in the Heights, which is known as Little Dominican Republic. At least 90 percent of Dominicans are of African descent, according to a recent population survey, and I am one of them. So why were we not prominently featured? As far as what the team could have done differently — it seems simple. They could have hired more Black Latino actors, not to fill a diversity quota, but because that would have reflected the truth of the neighborhood. Or at the very least, they could have been clearer that this film was not meant to represent them. SANDRA E. GARCIA Dominicans are of African descent, they are a Black people and I did not see that represented. The Latinos I saw were the kind that Hollywood has always favored: Jennifer Lopez, Sofia Vergara-adjacent Latinos. Latinos like myself, where there is no ambiguity about their Blackness, those who wear their Blackness on their face, barely make the cut in any production whether it’s Hollywood or Univision. There is a reason my mother can name all the dark-skinned newscasters on Telemundo and it’s because they are rare to see in the spotlight. “In the Heights” continues the gaslighting that Black Latinos have endured for my entire lifetime. Our culture is beautiful, our music is beautiful but we are not enough to be highlighted with it. Everything we create, like the salchichón and mangú meal shown in the movie, or the merengue and sliver of bachata, can be celebrated, but not us. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiuY3YP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NTc3JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIxMDYyNlcDbnl0Qgpg1NgI12DHnE_9Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ What does colorism mean in the Latino community and what are the ways it manifests itself? What do we lose by not having a broad spectrum of representation in the arts? DE LEÓN Colorism in the Latino community manifests itself similarly to how it does in the Black American community: The fairer your skin, the more beautiful and desirable you are perceived to be. My complexion was always a topic of conversation when I was growing up, and cousins of mine who are darker than me had it worse, often ridiculed with demeaning words like “mona,” meaning monkey, that are normalized but have racist undertones. In the Dominican Republic and elsewhere there is the concept of “improving the race” by dating white, thereby lightening your lineage. It’s a notion that has roots in colonization, when Spain implemented a caste system on the island of Hispaniola, which the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti, that placed folks who were of European or mixed European descent higher on the social ladder and allowed them more opportunities to advance. Though this system no longer exists, there are still traces of it in how Black Latinos are viewed and treated. They are more impoverished and have less access to a quality education, housing or health care than fair-skinned Latinos. By erasing them onscreen, we are perpetuating this harm and furthering the narrative that only white is right. In my family (I am Mexican-American), I am darker skinned than some of my relatives and it earned me the nickname Prieta or dark-skinned. I have siblings and cousins who are fairer than me, even white-passing. While some might consider words like “prieta” terms of endearment, they can also be very damaging in that they convey a difference — you are not the norm, which is to say, white. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-2) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiuY3YP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIxMDYyNlcDbnl0Qgpg1NgI12DHnE_9Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ GARCIA As someone who has existed in Black skin as a Latina my whole life, colorism is everywhere in [Latinidad,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiuY3YP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlbmF0aW9uLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlL2FyY2hpdmUvaGlzcGFuaWMtaGVyaXRhZ2UtbW9udGgtbGF0aW5pZGFkLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIxMDYyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0zMzk0MyZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NjE4NTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmDU2AjXYMecT_1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) an academic term that says Latinos share common threads of identity. The scars of colonization and a dictator that powdered his skin to appear lighter are still visible in Dominican culture. For people like myself, those scars are still very viscerally felt. I do believe that Dominicans are awakening to a Blackness that they have been taught to eschew, and I think there is more room for dark-skinned Dominicans now than ever before. That being said, the status quo is that lighter-skinned Latinos are better and many people are not ready to renounce that, for whatever reason. The film didn’t have major stars in the lead roles because the creative team wanted to take a chance on newer talent. It seems like it could have been the perfect opportunity to prevent the colorism issues. Chu said that they selected the best actors for the roles. What did you think about his response? DE LEÓN His response perpetuates the notion that Black actors are somehow less talented or capable than white actors, when in fact casting choices are often marred by personal biases and ingrained ideas about who is deserving or worthy of a lead role. It’s no accident that Latinos onscreen are (mostly) fair-skinned. It’s a reflection of a global culture of anti-Blackness. There have been some exceptions. Julissa Calderon is an Afro-Dominican with a prominent role on “[Gentefied](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiuY3YP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMy8xMC9hcnRzL3RlbGV2aXNpb24vZ2VudGVmaWVkLWxhdGluby1jdWx0dXJlLW5ldGZsaXguaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIxMDYyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0zMzk0MyZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NjE4NTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmDU2AjXYMecT_1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~),” the Netflix sitcom about the quickly changing Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. And newcomer Alycia Pascual-Peña, an Afro-Dominican from the Bronx, was one of the leads in the Amy Poehler-helmed [“Moxie.”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiuY3YP0TDaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMTA2MjYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MzM5NDMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTYxODU1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZ2PVNmMzRxSTFoaktVVwNueXRCCmDU2AjXYMecT_1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) But these representations are rare. GARCIA People are very much used to the dark-skinned woman, still in 2021, playing the maid in the novela. As smart as Chu and Miranda are, they conformed just like everyone else does. There is absolutely no way that there wasn’t a dark-skinned Black Latino to hire for a lead role. There are too many of us. It is easy to believe that rhetoric, but it is simply false. I do believe that people have been trained to believe that a Latino looks like Gisele Bündchen, Jennifer Lopez and Sofia Vergara, whatever their heritage. It takes a lot of conditioning to get here and there has been more than enough. This is a movie they wanted to sell and they perpetuated the idea that Black Latinos cannot sell a movie. ISABELIA HERRERA I would have loved to see someone like Jharrel Jerome in this film; he is a Black Dominican actor who was in “Moonlight” and [won an Emmy](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiuY3YP0T1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNy8xNi9hcnRzL3RlbGV2aXNpb24vd2hlbi10aGV5LXNlZS11cy1qaGFycmVsLWplcm9tZS1lbW15cy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjEwNjI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTMzOTQzJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD02MTg1NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYNTYCNdgx5xP_VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) for his role on Netflix’s “When They See Us.” There was an open casting call for “In the Heights,” which is supposed to democratize the casting process and allow for more emerging talent to audition. So the point about not having enough major Black Latino stars seems baseless. How We Talk About Race and Gender Much has changed in a year of racial reckoning that followed the killing of George Floyd and other Black men and women at the hands of the police, even the words we use to talk about these issues. We are interested in how language on race and gender identity is changing. Terms like “systemic racism,” “people of color,” “BIPOC,” “antiracist,” “Latinx” and “Asian American” (unhyphenated) have become more widely used. Identifying one’s pronouns on social media or in video meetings has become more prevalent as well. A debate remains, though, about these changes in language: How much do they matter and, ultimately, how are they affecting the nation’s larger conversation about race and gender? If you have a perspective to share about the changing vocabulary, we want to hear from you. Share your thoughts in the form below. A reporter may follow up to discuss your response. We won’t publish your name or comments without talking to you first. 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