Yep. Dated a gal, years back, who was indigenous South American. Her focus on and occasional fetishization of whiteness was incredibly hard to navigate. 

This was an instance of me inadvisably jumping into a conversation where I had no place as a white person as laserface suggests so I probably deserved it, but I mentioned on a Root article about colorism that this was the reality for a lot of light-skinned and mixed race black people and I got dragged to hell for it.…

This is a good approach. Come back in a few years and read the “15 Young Avengers Characters You Never Knew Were Introduced In Earlier Marvel Shows” articles instead.

America is so much better now that Lin brought Latinoness and Puerto Rican-ness to America

Imagine having the audacity to defend a personal friend?

True: ‘In the Heights’ and ‘Ghost in the Machine’ are guilty of colorism and white-washing respectively.
Also True: Dragging on a film (unseen) from teaser trailer to release date has an effect on film production companies not-unlike that which Reddit driven WallStreetBets has on brokerages that engage in large-scale…

Much has been made of this already I’m sure, but obviously you didn’t try your best lol or there would have been more Afro-Latinx actors on screen and you wouldn’t have cut the storyline that’s literally about anti-Black prejudice within parts of the Latino community.

The three largest ethnic groups in Toronto are European (47.7 percent white), South Asian (12.6 percent) and Chinese (11 percent). In other words, the three main ethic groups, who together make up more than 70 percent of the population, are all represented.

Might I suggest giving up entertainment media sites? These characters are such a tiny part of their respective shows and movies that you probably wouldn’t even notice it was happening if you weren’t actively looking for it or had someone explain it to you.

I actually feel like they’ve learned to operate with a…

Was Scott Pilgrim really that white? Nevermind the fact that it’s largely about an indi emo rock scene that’s is usually pretty white anyway, but Knives (and all of Knive’s friends/classmates who admittedly you don’t see much but they’re all asian), Matthew Patel, and the Katayanagi Twins all played pretty big parts

As a, light skinned Latinx, I will say there are times it sucks being that because like lots of minorities it comes at you from both sides.

I think nearly all of Marvel’s movies and TV shows fully stand on their own, plus an occasional tease exiled to after the credits. It’s internet pop culture sites that try to turn them into puzzle pieces for clicks. They’re rarely right, and even when they are, it occurs much more organically in the story than stuff…

Lol, welcome to mainstream comics, lol

Loki pretty much works on its own so long as you remember “Loki is that bad guy from the first few big marvel movies but he’s not a total bastard.” And while there may be worldbuilding for Dr Strange 2: Postdoctoral Boogaloo, I doubt Disney will couch a movie substantially on a TV miniseries. There’s plenty of room to…

Leave then. Literally no one likes you or has any interest in hearing what you think about anything. 

“Communities”

It’s because the social justice crazies know they can force apologies and concessions from LMM and, fundamentally, their complaints come from wanting to exercise power over people so it makes more sense to concentrate on destroying those close to them. 

For me the frustrating part has been the tone of some of the criticism - largely on Twitter. There is absolutely nothing wrong for saying it could be better. What I have seen is many people saying that the creators must not have ever been to Washington Heights. Obviously, Lin-Manuel Miranda has been there. He was…

Meanwhile, the vast majority of TV and movies use majority white casts and no one says a word beyond vague bellyaching. It’s amazing how, after creating dozens of iconic roles for people of color between Hamilton and In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda has been an absolute punching bag for social justice types, while…

What lesson will Warner Brothers take from this other than “Movies with diverse casts won’t make as much money as we expect and the online mob will come for them anyway so why bother?”