{"id":14167,"date":"2023-05-12T13:31:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T13:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/?p=14167"},"modified":"2023-06-03T06:26:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T06:26:04","slug":"john-leguizamo-talks-about-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/john-leguizamo-talks-about-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"John Leguizamo Talks About Racism Prevalent In Hollywood Against Latino Actors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We all like to believe that Hollywood has changed its ways and that there is more diversity in casting, but this is not entirely true. While there are numerous new movies and television shows featuring diverse casts, it is still not enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because, at the end of the day, there are thousands of stories in which a white actor is cast in a role that was written for a different race. And many coloured actors, including John Leguizamo, are sick of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Leguizamo discusses how he couldn’t get a tan because he wanted to work.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I\u2019ve benefitted from being light skin, and I stayed out of the sun so I could work. I definitely would not go in the sun. For years I was so pasty so I could work. All the Latinos who\u2019ve made it so far, a lot of them were light-skinned. What happened to all the Afro Latinos and the majority of the indigenous Latinos? They don\u2019t get a shot.<\/p>\nJohn Leguizamo<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

While he has made a name for himself in recent years, he has had to deal with a great deal of racism while attempting to achieve equality in Hollywood. Even today, showrunners are hesitant to include more than the token-coloured actor just to keep the audience happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They couldn\u2019t have two Latin people in the movie because then it becomes a Latin movie. He meant he can only have one token at a time. He said “Too bad John you\u2019re Puerto Rican, \u2018cause you\u2019re so talented. Otherwise, you\u2019d be so much further along.”<\/em><\/p>\nJohn Leguizamo<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For his first night hosting The Daily Show<\/em>, John Leguizamo took shots at Hollywood.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I can\u2019t tell you how many times in my career I\u2019ve been told at auditions that I sound too Latino, not Latino enough, that Latinos don\u2019t want to watch other Latinos, all sorts of madness. Well, guess what? If white people can take our roles, I am going to take theirs. When they do the TV series based on Gwyneth Paltrow\u2019s ski accident trial, Imma be Gwyneth Paltrow.<\/p>\nJohn Leguizamo<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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