The Latino community, they’re some of the most loyal fans on the planet.
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor get to be the hero?
I don’t believe in the so-called Latino explosion when it comes to movies. Jennifer Lopez doesn’t have an accent. She grew up in New York speaking English, not Spanish. Her success is very important because she represents a different culture, but it doesn’t help me.
I wouldn’t mind, if Peter Parker had originally been black, a Latino, an Indian, or anything else, that he stay that way. But we originally made him white. I don’t see any reason to change that.
Latinos that are in the industry writing and producing, they can’t be afraid to go out there and say, ‘I want my lead to be Latino. And I want to talk about this, I wanna write about that.’ And Latinos as a whole, as a people in America, need to go out and support.
You go to Los Angeles or New York or Miami or Chicago, and you see Latinos everywhere; they are involved in every part of American society. That’s why they have to start being represented in Hollywood, because an ‘Americano’ can’t walk down the street and not see a Latino.
The face of the eviction epidemic is moms and kids, especially poor moms from predominantly Latino and African American neighborhoods.
There are many Latino writers as talented as I am, but because we are published through small presses, our books don’t count. We are still the illegal aliens of the literary world.
I wanted to get away from the Mexican vernacular and do more ‘nuevo Latino.’ Americans are starting to understand regionality in Mexican food. It is very regional in terms of ingredients.
I don’t want to be considered ‘the Latino rapper.’
Black women I’m talking to you, because it’s not white women, it’s not Latino, it’s not Native American – I checked, it’s y’all. The self hate is ridiculous. Why do you hate yourself so much, why do you hate your texture, why do you hate your culture, why do you hate your history?
Just because we finally have a Latino family on TV doesn’t mean we’re up there to lecture people about what it means to be Latino.
Every ghetto you go to, Latinos and blacks are the two people that are together. We don’t look at each other in any different way, like ‘He’s black; I’m Latino.’ I look at us as one.
I love L.A. – don’t get me wrong. But I miss everything about New York. I don’t eat cheese, but I miss the smell of pizza in the city. I’m a really big fan of Latino food. I want to go back home and have some good arroz con pollo.
I remember ‘Resurrection Boulevard.’ It was on for such a brief moment, but they were trying to do a good, Latino, Mexican-American family with a patriarch.
Fox News Latino has a mission to point out the positives of the Latino population, operating within the framework of making America great.
I have a very varied taste in music. Everything from rap to classical to Latino to Rat Pack to jazz.
There is not a liberal America and a conservative America – there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America – there’s the United States of America.
You don’t have to be Latino to speak powerfully about how important it is to have a police department that cares for our immigrant communities.
Who said that being Latino is to be a stereotype? Characters are stereotypes when making plans or without shades. I do not believe in the picture or model established in the movies.
As the Senator from the most populous and most diverse state in the nation – and as the first Latino Senator from California – let me just say: what a great country this is.
They just think I’m a white dude. Every once in a while someone thinks I’m Jewish. I get a lot of stuff, but never Latino.
I think the Republican Party is in a strong position with Latino voters and other demographics.
Your man Daddy Yankee, some black and white people who know what’s going on in the ‘hood and the clubs are supporting him and loving him. But he’s speaking Spanish, and he’s speaking directly to the Latino people, and the people who know the language really dig it.
As my family story shows, Latinos have been a blessing for USA for many generations. The future of America depends in part on the success of the Latino community, and this opportunity is just one more signifier of that.
Basically, I would like to be considered for roles that are well-written. I think that part of the problem that we’ve had as actors is that they insist on looking at us as Latino actors and not as actors, period.
‘Mi Gente’ is a song that embodies a special moment in music – a new sound of a Latino culture on the rise and being embraced globally.
Head Start’s ability to improve the educational skills and opportunities of Latino children will be an important component of America’s future success.
It’s important to me to reach deep into the community and promote Latino artists.
Let’s be honest. The powers that be all of a sudden realize that there’s a lot of money to be made from the Latino market. It all comes down to economics. That’s what’s happening. So what! We’re in style. I mean, that’s silly, but I’m taking full advantage of that.
Obviously there aren’t enough Latino roles out there – I wish there were more of them – but there’s got to be more in the future. I’m sure there will be more in the future. The public is asking for it.
When you see a movie, they always put the Latino on the bad side or in a tacky way. It’s not like that. Latinos are shining like a diamond.
I’ve always seen myself as an all-American kid, you know. You’re not just white or black or Asian or Latino. We’re in the melting pot of America.
There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don’t understand what an Indigenous American is. We don’t understand what a Latino American is.
I’m mixed race – my dad’s Caucasian, and my mom’s Mexican – so I want to play anything and everything, from American to Latino, the whole spectrum; I’m insatiable.
I’ve made a connection with the television audience by being a proud Latino man. I am passionate for what I do, courageous in the face of peril, honest and straightforward.
Anyone who starts badmouthing Latino immigrants is not only a racist but ignorant. You need to refer them to what was written about the Irish, the Jews, the Italians, any group you want.
When I graduated, I was told I was the first Latino to have three graduate degrees from Harvard. And Harvard does something amazing to you. It opens the doors to the world.
I had been an activist on the issue of HIV, primarily in the African American and Latino communities here in the U.S. for many years. It was horrifying to me how the pandemic was raging right here in this country but no one was talking about it.
You have to look at the fact that Hip Hop is under attack. It’s not just Hip Hop but Black people, Latino people and all people are under attack for different things.
Latino patriots have served and fought in every war. They are artists, dancers, singers, poets and journalists, teachers and scientists. More and more Latinos are becoming entrepreneurs and businesspeople, contributing to the wealth and economic well-being of the nation.
I hope to see more Latino stories on television – not just on a personal level, but for us in the industry. We shouldn’t just exist when a show is attempting to be diverse. We have good stories, and we are worth it.
When I was a little girl, there was no Variety Latino. When I was a little girl, there was no nothing. There were very few roles for people like myself.
I was the first Latino member of Congress to support Senator Obama’s candidacy. For quite a while, I was the only one.
It’s really sad for me that in the United States the Latino community is losing its culture and language, especially among kids born here – a lot of them can’t even speak our language.
Prisons are like the concentration camps of our time. So many go in and never come out, and primarily they’re black and Latino.
The Sixth Sense is not a good white film. Insomnia is not a good white film. They’re just good films. So why we can’t we have good films that happen to have black people, or Asian, or Latino, or any other minority group in them?
In England, gossiping is not as commonplace or even celebrated as much as it is in Latino culture. But it is not as frowned upon as it is in the United States by U.S. Americans.
Audiences are more drawn in to what they can relate to, so it would be stupid not to have great Latino films for the Latino audience.
I think it’s a big mistake for our party to write off Latino Americans. They’re an important part of our country.
I would say the hardest part in the Latino world is approval from your parents. It’s such an intense thing.
All my Latino side is from the Bronx.
When we look at each other, we’re the same family. You don’t have to see black or Latino – we’re one family. That’s America.
Do you know, if I go to a Jewish school, them kids are quiet. If I go to a white school, them kids quiet. If I go to a Latino school, they quiet. The only kids that disrespect me is black kids. That’s it – my own are the only ones that disrespect me.
It’s interesting: I think, as a Latino actor, the biggest challenge is being called ‘Latino’ because immediately, the world has a perception of what that means.
