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bulletinaweave: fuckyeahginatorres: When I became an actress I quickly realize that the world liked their latinos to look Italian. Not like me. So I wasn’t going up for Latina parts. I was going up for African American parts. […] Regardless of the fact that I spoke the language better and understood the culture better, those [stereotypical latina] weren’t the parts that…I could take seriously. Suddenly you have to explain why I look how I look. And then it gets complicated. And nobody wants complicated. Gina Torres | Black & Latino Everytime I see a Jennifer Lopez movie (aside from Selena), I play a game called What Olive-Skinned European Country Will Her Father Be From?

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When I became an actress I quickly realize that the world liked their latinos to look Italian. Not like me. So I wasn’t going up for Latina parts. I was going up for African American parts. […]

Regardless of the fact that I spoke the language better and understood the culture better, those [stereotypical latina] weren’t the parts that…I could take seriously. Suddenly you have to explain why I look how I look. And then it gets complicated. And nobody wants complicated.

Gina Torres | Black & Latino

Everytime I see a Jennifer Lopez movie (aside from Selena), I play a game called What Olive-Skinned European Country Will Her Father Be From?

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