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'In the Heights' and Colorism: What Is Lost When Afro-Latinos Are Erased

by Maira Garcia, Sandra E. Garcia, Isabelia Herrera, Concepción De León, Maya Phillips, A.O. Scott

The film, set in a New York neighborhood known as the Little Dominican Republic, didn't cast dark-skinned Latinos in lead roles. Our writers discuss how that absence reverberates.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 2:26pm on June 21, 2021