Lin-Manuel Miranda Issues Apology Following 'In The Heights' Backlash
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essence.comIn The Heights, which premiered last Friday, June 11, did not get the warm box office welcome that it planned to, especially from the Black community.
Following its release, the Afro-Latinx community noticed that the Washington Heights-set film favored actors of a lighter complexion and didn’t accurately represent the Latin community as a whole.
With cast members including Anthony Ramos, Stephanie Beatriz, and Melissa Barrera, many have called out the overrepresentation of white-passing or lighter-skinned Latin actors and actresses.
The Black and Afro-Latinx communities expressed their outrage for the film’s lack of representation for darker-skinned Latinos and Latinas, which caught the eye of creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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