Gina Rodriguez is jealous, obsessed, and uncomfortable with the successes of Black women, and demonstrates a fake happy demeanor anytime Black women or their accomplishments are praised, whilst using our visibility or accomplishments as a platform to create opportunities for certain Latinas like when she proposed a Latin version of Girlās Trip and a Latin superhero film after much talk about the record-breakingĀ Black PantherĀ or she diverts a conversation to be inclusive forĀ āALL women.ā Like that time she tried to correct the interviewer below.Ā
The exchange probably appears to be an innocent complementary gesture by Gina towards Yara for people who are unaware of the usual overstepping sentiment of hers. Yara is indeed a great role model for young women. But correcting an interviewer so you can feel comfortable and included in a statement that solely praises the representation of a young Black woman for her fellow young Black women is fucking rude and uncalled for.
There are people of color who only care about phrases like āinclusivityā and ārepresentationā solely when it benefits their race and/or ethnicity and they want the efforts of othersāparticularly Black peopleāto do the work for them.Ā
Now with Ginaās recent remarks, she stated the following:Ā
Her full statement: āI get so petrified in this space talking about equal pay, especially when you look at the intersectional aspect of it, right? Where white women get paid more than Black women, Black women get paid more than Asian women, Asian women get paid more than Latina women, and itās like a very scary space to step into because I always feel like I fail when I speak about it because I canāt help but feel already so gracious to do what I do and I feel like, culturally, I feel like I was raised to just feel so appreciative of getting here.ā
Iām not about to play no oppression Olympics over which race/ethnicity of actresses gets paid the least, but Iāma just leave this right here:
Back to the tweet by HP Latino Voices and Ginaās statement. Notice anything?Ā
Pairing the long fought for achievements of Black people (Black women, in this case) with a āWhat about us Latinxs?ā attitude is not only anti-Black AF, but continues to push for andĀ perpetrate the erasure of Latinxs who are predominantly of African descent that is carried out andĀ historically embedded in the DNA of Latin America.Ā
BLACK LATINAS EXIST. BLACK LATINOS EXIST.Ā
Not Black or Latinx. Black AND Latinx. Latinx is not a race, whereas Black is.
Weāve talked about this.Ā
But when youāre Gina and do deliberate things like hosting a āLatina Power Lunchā and only invite certain shades and types of Latinas,Ā
or longing for a colonialist superhero movie if she would pen one,
āI think it would be about Christopher Columbus coming over, the migration of the Spaniards, and the influence of the mixes [of people] in South America and in the Caribbean. Thatās were my superhero movies would lay, like the 1400 or 1500s.ā (Source)
how can one not suspect an agenda?ā¦
On the same day the cast of Black Panther attended San Diego Comic Con and articles were being written left and right due to the filmās high anticipation, here goes Ginaā¦
Carlos Valdes. Dania Ramirez. Gabriel Luna.Ā Jessica Camachoā¦.Ā
Never mind that some of the actresses listed are Black Latinas, which includes her homegirl Rosarioā¦.Ā
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