Podcasts Culture Latino Rebels Radio On Colorism and 'In the Heights'

On Colorism and 'In the Heights'

Published: June 17, 2021, 6:53 p.m.

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After taking a few weeks off, Latino Rebels Radio is back with a new show and a new producer, Oscar Fern\\xe1ndez. In Oscar\'s production debut, we talk about the latest regarding the film "In the Heights" and how the centuries-old issue of colorism in casting has resurfaced. Host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Omaris Z. Zamora, Assistant Professor of LCS and Africana Studies at Rutgers University, to discuss.

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Featured image: This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Anthony Ramos, foreground left, and Melissa Barrera in a scene from "In the Heights." (Macall Polay/Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP)

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Latino Rebels Radio is produced by Oscar Fern\\xe1ndez of the Latino Media Collective.

\\nMusic courtesy of La Plebe.

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