Musical drama, In The Heights is the best opportunity to reintroduce the conversation of colorism within today’s society. Non people of color can not keep allowing this specific form of discrimination to continue, as if our Brown and Black ancestors have not fought and made their voices be heard because […]

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Why is there a lack of representation for people of color in the musical In The Heights?    Castillo, M. (2021, June 15). The limitations of ‘Latinidad’: How colorism haunts ‘in the heights’. NPR. In this article, Monica Castillo shares how Lin Manuel Miranda publicly apologizes for the fault of misrepresenting the completely diverse community of […]

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          My research topic question is “Why is there a lack of representation for people of color in the musical In The Heights?” However, within my paper, I wanted to expand out the idea of misrepresentation and insert the common issues of whitewashing Hispanic culture within Hollywood and all entertainment thus […]

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       As my Senior year of high school at DreamYard Preparatory came to an end, it was time to apply to as many scholarships as I could. My ‘Youth Leader’ essay for The Meringoff Valedictory Prize is what strikes my most recent memory with my literacy development. June 8th, I was announced the […]

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