…and it starts.
a show becomes successful and everyone starts to pick it apart.
this time its our spanish foxhole who has a problem with “empire”.
well not all…
one writer at latina magazine tho.
this is what she had said in her write up…
4. Where are the Latinos?
Though it’s an exciting, juicy, melodramatic show, Empire does the Latino community a huge disservice by positioning the entire hip-hop business as black and white — literally. In the pilot episode, when Lucious announces the upcoming IPO, he looks upon a conference room filled with black executives, with only two or three white businessmen in the group. The same is true of the A&R executives over which Anika (played by Grace Gealey) presides in the “False Imposition” episode. There are plenty of Latino publicists, managers, agents, lawyers, and executives within every record label, so why don’t we see any on the show? Not a single one? C’mon now! To ignore the Latino community in a series centered on hip-hop music is to perpetuate the myth that, somehow, we weren’t involved in the birth and evolution of this genre, which is not only offensive, but also inaccurate.
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okay.
wasn’t jamal’s boyfriend spanish?
look its really NOT that serious.
if we really want to be technical…
i don’t see any blacks in novelas.
am i lying?
i guess now that its hot,
everyone wants a piece of the…
cookie?
hmm.
lowkey: its funny that we have to share everything.
i don’t see anyone protesting with other popular shows.
well wait…
“we” did do it with “sex and the city” and now “girls”.
“why they ain’t have no black friends?”
i often said:
“you don’t have any white friends either so….”
so maybe we all need to shut the fuck up and enjoy?
this is why we can’t have nice things.
article quote: latina magazine
photos courtesy: fox
Univision Incident Reignites Questions About Diversity In Latino Media
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/03/13/392776863/univision-incident-reignites-questions-about-diversity-in-latino-media
There are a lot of Hispanics shows that don’t have African American on it. Hip hop community has always been majority blacks. There has been some Puerto Rican influences in the hip hop community. But can we get our shine on first! The Hispanic community have they own television network that doesn’t display no one but their culture. And no one isn’t complaining about that!!!
Sadness has once struck again!!
Wait..don’t they have Telemundo, telenovella, labamba, Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez all up on idol just before empire comes on
And check out this white latino’s racist comment about Michelle Obama: http://news.yahoo.com/univision-fires-rodner-figueroa-michelle-obama-182010184.html
Rodner’s father is Black and Rodner is gay.
There are black latinos and white latinos. Who’s to say that some of the blacks on Empire are not latinos? It seems to me that she’s prejudiced/discriminatory to discount black latinos. And there are plenty of black latinos in Cuba, Brazil, Honduras, Peru, etc. Black latinos are latinos too, although they are discriminated against and suffer their versions of Jim Crow in their countries and they suffered slavery just like us. The white latinos can be among the most racist against blacks.
She should talk about how the white latinos are going to stop their racist oppression against black latinos!
That bitch can go suck a dick. She knows nothing of the culture that birthed hip hop. If she knew anything she would know that hip hop has roots in other genres that come from BLACK people. That is our brilliance and that shit was not no dam joint effort. It was birthed by us and fueled by us and only authentically grows from us. Also I wonder if that bitch understands that Latino is indicative of one’s ethnic background and not race, which is why there are white, mixed, and black Latinos. Like some other people said I’m sure if they casted a black Latino that bitch would still be upset. Its funny how she could focus on Latinos not being represented or acknowledged for their contribution to a Black birthed art form when I’m sure the bitch is blithely unaware or will never care to acknowledge how much if not the majority of the so called Latino culture has African roots. Tell that bitch to try that shit with dem white folks.
The shows hot and everybody wants to be associated. If it were a flop, it would be a different story.
Hello!
This is one of the only “black” TV shows in years where the majority of the cast is “black.” How many of those have we had since 90’s sitcoms like Martin, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, & Living Single went off the air? And I agree with you about the novellas. Have we ever seen a Latino that looked like Don Omar or Tego Calderón appear on any of those novellas? For all we know, one of Luscious parents is PR or Dominican. The way Terrence Howard was strumming that guitar in the Best Man, he could pull it off. I think he might be fluent in another language too.
If it’s a must, call Gina Torres. Not Sophia freaking Vergara. I’m tired of her.
I think lee Daniels should bring back Jamal’s Spanish boyfriend to the show to keep some of the Spanish people who may feel the way this writer feels happy. I know they don’t want to lose ratings! you know I feel that we as black people can share some things. There is enough room for everyone to be successful.
That’s the problem tho. Black people are ALWAYS the ones sharing things when we barely have enough food on our plate to spare. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
Dear Ms . Celia San Miguel
On behalf of the cast and crew of Empire we just want to say this to you…
KIS MY ASS…
Sincerely
Empire Viewer
I wonder does she want to see a person who looks “latino” by our society standards like Sofia Vergara playing a latin character, or would she be happy with a black latina/o like Tatyana Ali playing the same part though they may not fit our society idea of a latina/o… I think that it would be a good look to cast a brown/dark skin latina/o in the show
Isnt luscious’s ex girlfriend or whatever Latino?
She’s biracial white and black
Is it that deep? Just enjoy the damn show people.
Celiac disease needs to have SEVERAL SEATS. Maybe she should critique why Latino productions hardly feature Afro-Latinas/Latinos. Hmm girl let us talk about how the Latino “community” hardly want to recognize their own afro-Latinas/latinos but want to complain why they aren’t featured in our productions? In their productions, they only feature light skin or white Latinas/Latinos, so let’s get that straight. And if my memory serves me correctly, quite a few Latinas/Latinos don’t even want to be associated with blackness or black folks unless it is cool or it clearly benefits them. I am all for cultural critique, but make sure your shit is together before you check into someone else’s garden.
You better read! Lol lmao! You are speaking the truth!
I’m an Afro-Latino and I don’t see the lie. I like the way Empire is and I can give two cent if they act Latin@s or not because anyway the only Latin@s they will feature is white or Italian-looking like Jamal ex, so I don’t care.
Thank you!! Black people are incredibly underrepresented in every form of media, including tv but now that we’ve created a successful space for ourselves, everyone wants to jump on. Afrolatinos aren’t shown in Latino-centric shows so why complain now?
Out of the 10 things this is what you have a problem with? I found this to be accurate. I strongly disagree with your “novella” remark. Novella’s are different from a show like empire, the writer’s issues is clearly stated in the last few parts of her paragraph. If the show is centered around hip hop music then people who contribute to hip hop should be represented on the show. I understand where she’s coming from. Also Michael didn’t make music on the or contribute to hip hop so he doesn’t count, he was just there…
I agree it sucks we have to share with everyone but black man in America… anything is hardly fair for us. Over it.