Everyone knows that the entertainment industry in Hollywood is not as diverse as it should be. It is a very “White” dominated industry that should have been changed many years ago. On the last day of Hispanic heritage month, more than 270 members in the entertainment industry wrote an open letter to Hollywood to end Latinx Exclusion. Members include Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gloria Calderon-Kellett, Tanya Saracho, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Steven Canals, John Leguizamo, Linda Yvette-Chavez, Carolina Paiz, Marco Ramirez, Javier Grillo-Marxuach among many more.
They are Latinx members who are TV writers, showrunners, and creators that want to see change within the business. “As we come to the end of Hispanic Heritage Month in the midst of a global pandemic and continued racial injustice, many of us in the Latinx community have found it difficult to celebrate. Inspired by the activism of the Black and Indigenous communities, many of whom also identify as Latinx, we stand in solidarity with our fellow Black, Native and Indigenous writers, co-signing their WGAW Open Letters and echoing their demands for systemic change in our industry” the letter states. The letter continues by stating “As Latinx Showrunners, Creators, TV and Feature Writers, we are incensed by […]
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