Latinx Writers 'Refuse to Be Filtered Through a White Perspective' in Open Letter to Hollywood
Entertainment

Gloria Calderón Kellett, Michelle Badillo, Steven Canals, John Leguizamo, and Lin-Manuel Miranda along with more than 200 other Latinx writers signed an open letter to Hollywood demanding better representation in television and film on the final day of Hispanic Heritage Month. The letter, which is published here and in the LA Times, condemns film and television executives for years of discrimination, lack of promotion, and erasure of Latinx people both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. “We are tired of Latinx projects being developed with no Latinx writer, director, or producer attached,” the letter states. “We refuse to be filtered through a White perspective.”