It’ very nit-picky. We scream about representation, and when someone does it, it still isn’t good enough and then we shit on the people who are on our side. 

“For centuries darker-skinned Afro-Latinx people have been erased from Latinidad, but we will be forgotten no more. We are tired of being maids and background dancers and will continue to push back until we are seen and heard. Indeed, Lin Manuel Miranda ‘fell short.’”

Agreed. There’s always going to be *someone* that doesn’t like the way you run the ship. As you correctly pointed out, LMM has done more for minorities than most people in the same profession/position. 

As for Léon, who has rightly been credited with sparking this very necessary conversation, in response to Manuel’s apology, she simply stated: “For centuries darker-skinned Afro-Latinx people have been erased from Latinidad, but we will be forgotten no more. We are tired of being maids and background dancers and will…

LMM has done more to promote minorities on stage and screen than anyone else in the last dozen years or so. Too fucking bad if there’s not enough of a particular minority featured in “In the Heights” - he shouldn’t have to apologize for shit.

The problem is that AVclub and other Gawker sites have been creating a narrative, pre-emptively blaming Joker for the next shooting. It’s not just that this was an honest mistakes, mistakes can be made by anyone, it’s that this mistake existed to push a narrative.

Fuck you.

Officer needs to be charged in this case, they literally took an anonymous tip, did no investigative work, and killed someone when they opened the door with absolutely no resistance.

The situation wouldn’t have existed if the police were trained to fire only after being fired upon, rather than to fire if they feel “scared.” There is no reason that we should be making any excuses for the officer that killed an unarmed man. Not even “Well, it was a false call.” The police should be held to a higher…

California penal Code 192 - Manslaughter
The unlawful killing of a human without malice either voluntary (for heat of passion); involuntary for committing an unlawful or lawful act that may result in death

Second degree muder under Penal code section 182 and relevant case law where the death of a human is the result of…