Latinx representation

Latinx representation topics that will augment our discussion of the Monday 2/3 reading.

It is timely to discuss last night's Super Bowl Halftime Show by Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. The following link about the show is from a Latina lifestyle blog, Spanglish Girl.

The Forbes article discusses the prominence of criminal portrayals of Latinos.

Highlights from Betancourt article: “In 2016, only 5.8 percent of speaking roles were said by a Latino in film and television.” The oft-cited statistic, from the latest report from the Media, Diversity & Social Change (MDSC) Initiative at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, remains staggering considering, as Rodriguez elaborated, there are 55 million Latinos in the U.S.

Highlights from the Guardian article by Carroll: Only 3% of speaking characters in 2016′s top 100 films were Latinos, according to a University of Southern California study, even though Latinos comprise 18% of the US population….For the National Hispanic Media Coalition, which is organizing the protests, the salt in the wound is that Latinos comprise 18% of the population but 23% of film ticket-buyers.

We didn't have time to watch the clip below today, so let's hold off until a future chapter that specifically discusses media stereotypes of the Latinx community.

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