Latinos Still Fight The Same Barriers For Authentic Representation
Town Square with Ernie Manouse
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The Latino population makes about 18 percent of the United States with over 60 million Latino residents throughout the country.
However, our screens and books paint a different picture.
UCLA's 2021 Hollywood Diversity Report found that Latinos actors, directors, and scriptwriters make up just under 6% in Hollywood.
And print media is not seeing much a higher rate in representation either. University of Wisconsin-Madison’s survey into children’s literature found that Latino characters published were at 6% as well.
Today, experts in the arts discuss Latino representation in the media, their impact on stereotypes, and our perception of their roles in the U.S.
What has the oldest, and largest, non-profit publisher of Hispanic literature in the United States seen throughout its run? And how are Latinos breaking barriers on and off the page?
Some recommendations by our guests include:
We Were Always Here: A Mexican American’s Odyssey by Ricardo Chavira
Secrets of the Casa Rosada by Alex Temblador
Wishbone by Anna Garcia Shaper
La Borinqueña by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez
Editing by Design: The Classic Guide to Word-and-Picture Communication for Art Directors, Editors, Designers, and Students Book by Alex W. White and Jan V. White
Guests:
Founder and director of Arte Público Press
Brown Foundation Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Houston
Professor in Media Studies at the University of Texas at Austin
Author Latino Images in Film: Stereotypes, Subversion, and Resistance
Author of bilingual picture books for children, including When Julia Danced Bomba
Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the University of Salamanca
Comic book artist and writer with Marvel, Vox, and independent publishing
Creator of You Can Say Latino and You Can Say Latinx
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