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Or the Latino community, which is marginalized and literally bigger than the African American community and constantly ignored in all of these initiatives. It'
by jariel 6y ago
Or the Latino community, which is marginalized and literally bigger than the African American community and constantly ignored in all of these initiatives.
It's really mind blowing frankly that every single time the issue arises it's about 'one group' and never the rest.
Yes - there are special historical conditions, surely.
But Latino America is massive and almost completely unrepresented in most sports (outside baseball), pop culture, music, awards, politics etc..
It's an odd dynamic.
- theklr 6y agoBad Bunny is a megastar and chooses not to claim the full superstardom. JLo performed at the inauguration and was with her partner Alex Rodriguez a successful MLB player. PepsiCo’s president is also of Latin descent. This doesn’t have to be an either or scenario as it’s made to seem.
- DC1350 6y agoI don’t think there’s a single poor Latino person in the world that believes their life is better because they are better represented by pop stars at the inauguration. What are you even trying to say?
- jariel 6y agoBad Bunny is barely famous, not remotely approaching the status of mega star. If you don't believe me, check out Google Trends and compare to other, actual stars. JLo is one of the only mainstream Latina stars and therefore gets the shoe-in invite to thinks like 'inauguration performances' because who else can they chose? Bruno Mars? Who else? Even Hispaic/Latino winners at the Oscars are almost all from Mexico or Spain, with almost zero actual American representation. There are 'massive global stars' from the Latin of course world but they generally originate from South America. Latino/Hispanic USA has about the representation of Asian America in mainstream culture. There are quite large sections of culture dedicated specifically to that group - news, entertainment, music etc. but it exists within it's own bubble.