
'In the Heights' reignites long-standing conversations about colorism in the Latinx community
CNN
The film's release is resurfacing important discussions around skin color privilege, anti-Blackness and representation in the Latinx community.
The uptown Manhattan neighborhood where Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical "In the Heights" takes place is where Chapman, an Afro-Latina actress with roots in the Dominican Republic, played on street corners as a child and where she hung out on rooftops as a teenager. Chapman cried when she saw "In The Heights" on Broadway in college, the first time she had ever felt her neighborhood and her people reflected on stage. She cried when she saw the recent film adaptation in theaters.
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