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When I became an actress I quickly realize that the world liked their latinos to look Italian. Not like me. So I wasn’t going up for Latina parts. I was going up for African American parts. […] Regardless of the fact that I spoke the language better and understood the culture better, those weren’t the parts that…I could take seriously. Suddenly you have to explain why I look how I look. And then it gets complicated. And nobody wants complicated.

Gina Torres | Black & Latino

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    This is a screaming shame because if someone asked me to “Explain how Gina Torres looks”, I’d have to say “achingly...

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    I’m really glad that Zoe Saldana was in Colombiana despite people saying this shit about her as well. She was damn good...

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