This is why people of color need to tell their own stories and stop waiting for white people to tell them. Eurocentrism ensures that white filmmakers, such as the ones who made this film, position themselves as the focal point of stories about people of color, often to the exclusion of the other people of color who also played essential roles in the lives of people such as Duran.
The white savior story has been told ad nauseam. Yet, you never see the reverse no matter how many true stories include people of color who have helped whites achieve greatness. The people of color are often effaced from those stories.
Film is a powerful medium for communicating messages - implicit and explicit.
Also, Latin Americans can be white, black, brown, Indian, Asian, and mixed race.
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CaptainTiddlywinks
8 years ago
This is why people of color need to tell their own stories and stop waiting for white people to tell them.
Ding ding ding
Why do 'people of color' expect white people to push their culture? Go out there and tell your own damn stories, no one is stopping you. And if you don't like these kind of films don't spend money on them. I assure you film studios will pay far more attention to that than whining on a message board because they only care about their pocket books.
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