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Laz Alonso has had some success making his characters Cuban rather than ‘simply’ urban African Americans. Zoë Saldaña has somehow managed, since early in her career, to play Latinas in a few key roles, exemplified by her leading role in Colombiana, though she still finds herself playing–somewhat ironically–the ultimate black icon, Uhuru, in the new Star Trek relaunch. somehow manages to play almost as many Latino characters (as he is currently in ABC’s Red Widow) as he does good-ol’-boy Anglo characters. They asked her why she’s never played a Latina, Paxton said “I’ve tried! Are you kidding me? I’ve gone on auditions and I’ve been like, ‘You know my family’s …I’ve spoken a little bit of Spanish, and they’re just like, ‘Ha ha ha–that’s good!’ It’s a battle she’s not ready to quit, but she admits: “They’re not going to hire the ‘white girl’ to play Latina.”Ī few actors like Sara have managed somehow to bridge the gap. Latina Magazine talked with her last year about the dilemma. Ironically, it’s a dilemma they share with some actress on the other end of the ethnic spectrum–women of color like Zoë Saldaña, Tatyana Ali, and Megan Good who have an equally difficult time finding Latina roles because they simply look “too black.” Alexis Bledel ( Gilmore Girls), JoAnna Garcia Swisher ( Reba, Animal Hospital), Julie Gonzalo ( Dallas), Bella Thorne, and Sarah Ramos ( Parenthood), share a similar problem. But being blonde, blue-eyed, and unaccented just doesn’t fit the frame. She’s done nothing to hide her ethnicity in fact, she celebrates it.
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Sara’s part of a small but frustrated group of actors who simply don’t fit the racial stereotype of “Latino” in all its diversity. One of her early roles in Greetings from Tucson