{"id":566319,"date":"2021-06-16T20:07:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T00:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=566319"},"modified":"2021-06-16T20:07:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T00:07:14","slug":"critics-slam-legendary-puerto-rican-actress-rita-morenos-defense-of-lin-manuel-miranda-fair-skinned-always-say-wait-your-turn-to-darker-skinned-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/critics-slam-legendary-puerto-rican-actress-rita-morenos-defense-of-lin-manuel-miranda-fair-skinned-always-say-wait-your-turn-to-darker-skinned-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Critics Slam Legendary Puerto Rican Actress Rita Moreno\u2019s Defense Of Lin-Manuel Miranda: \u2018Fair Skinned\u2019 Always Say \u2018Wait Your Turn To Darker Skinned People\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcritics-slam-legendary-puerto-rican-actress-rita-morenos-defense-of-lin-manuel-miranda-fair-skinned-always-say-wait-your-turn-to-darker-skinned-people%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=566319&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/F82D0A00-4C91-4ACF-A139-3B757E36E498_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Puerto Rican actress and performer Rita Moreno received backlash on social media after she defended Lin-Manuel Miranda in an <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/film\/news\/rita-moreno-in-the-heights-lin-manuel-miranda-criticism-1234997867\/\"><span class=\"s1\">interview<\/span><\/a> on \u201cThe Late Show With Stephen Colbert\u201d after Miranda was criticized for the alleged lack of representation in his recent project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cCan we talk for a second about that criticism about Lin-Manuel? That really upsets me,\u201d Moreno said to Colbert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cYou can never do right, it seems,\u201d Moreno added. \u201cThis is the man who literally has brought Latino-ness and Puerto Rican-ness to America. I couldn\u2019t do it. I would love to say I did, but I couldn\u2019t. Lin-Manuel has done that really singlehandedly, and I\u2019m thrilled to pieces and I\u2019m proud that he produced my documentary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Colbert asked, \u201cSo are you saying that while you may understand where people\u2019s concerns come from, that perhaps it\u2019s misplaced in criticizing him in this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWell, I\u2019m simply saying, can\u2019t you just wait a while and leave it alone?\u201d Moreno said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of people who are Puertorrique\u00f1os, who are also from Guatemala, who are dark and who are also fair. We are all colors in Puerto Rico. And this is how it is, and it would be so nice if they hadn\u2019t come up with that and left it alone, just for now. I mean, they\u2019re really attacking the wrong person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/nbcblk\/lin-manuel-miranda-apologizes-lack-afro-latino-representation-heights-n1270824\">reported<\/a> by NBC News, \u201c\u2018In the Heights\u2019 follows an ensemble, with the leads primarily being of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Moreno, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/e459db7aa67f4947bdfc26ab4724dcf4\">skin was darkened with makeup<\/a> for her role in \u201cWest Wide Story,\u201d has spoken admirably about the diversity among Puerto Rican people.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2019 interview, she discussed the racial aspects of the famous 1961 film, saying, \u201cPuerto Rico was colonized by the French, the Dutch and the Spanish and so we are many colors. I am one and I really resented it when they put very dark makeup on me because that\u2019s not my color. I thought the Sharks should have all of their own natural colors. Some were dark, some were copper skin, some were fair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cI remember one time saying to the makeup man who was making me up, \u2018I really hate this color because this isn\u2019t the color I am.\u2019 And he actually said to me \u2018What, are you racist?\u2019 I was so stunned that I didn\u2019t say anything. I didn\u2019t know what to say. That\u2019s really also how little people know about Puerto Ricans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Social media users went after the Puerto Rican EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner after her comments on \u201cColbert,\u201d seemingly accusing her of taking the worse position because of her own lighter skin color.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/latino\/rita-moreno-blasted-heights-lin-manuel-miranda-defense-n1271003\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>, one user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akgesq\/status\/1404983780125909007\"><span class=\"s1\">wrote<\/span><\/a>, \u201cI love Rita Moreno. Yes, Lin-Manuel has done whole lot. It doesn\u2019t mean he couldn\u2019t do better with representation for Afro Latinos. Why does the fair skinned always<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>say wait your turn to darker skinned people?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.45\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I love Rita Moreno. Yes, Lin-Manuel has done whole lot. It doesn\u2019t mean he couldn\u2019t do better with representation for Afro Latinos. Why does the fair skinned always  say wait your turn to darker skinned people?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Angie (Kathy) Grady (@akgesq) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akgesq\/status\/1404983780125909007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Journalist and CNN analyst Natasha Alford piled onto Moreno, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatashaSAlford\/status\/1405152554749763589\"><span class=\"s1\">writing<\/span><\/a>, \u201cColbert even tried to throw Rita Moreno a line. She doubled down instead.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>This is how the status quo is preserved.<span class=\"s2\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.303664921466\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Colbert even tried to throw Rita Moreno a line. She doubled down instead.  This is how the status quo is preserved. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WOXJ0zAZCI\">https:\/\/t.co\/WOXJ0zAZCI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Natasha S. Alford (@NatashaSAlford) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatashaSAlford\/status\/1405152554749763589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Artist Bree Newsome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreeNewsome\/status\/1405011932399259653\"><span class=\"s1\">wrote<\/span><\/a> on Twitter, \u201cI love Rita Moreno but this is the opposite of it. We have had a century of movie roles being reserved for the lightest skinned Latino, Black &#038; Asian ppl. This is not breaking new ground &#038; there is nothing for dark skinned ppl to be waiting for[.]\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.758620689655\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I love Rita Moreno but this is the opposite of it. We have had a century of movie roles being reserved for the lightest skinned Latino, Black &#038; Asian ppl. This is not breaking new ground &#038; there is nothing for dark skinned ppl to be waiting for <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fAw9w1qn9g\">https:\/\/t.co\/fAw9w1qn9g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DEFUND &#038; ABOLISH POLICE, REFUND OUR COMMUNITIES (@BreeNewsome) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreeNewsome\/status\/1405011932399259653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Moreno was not the only person to come to Miranda\u2019s defense, however, as \u201cThe Daily Show\u201d host Trevor Noah told Miranda that he felt defensive on the award-winning creator\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Noah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/rita-moreno-responds-in-the-heights-colorism-criticism-1234968704\/\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a>, \u201cI was like, \u2018Lin does so much! We have black people singing on Broadway. Why are you doing this to Lin? You\u2019re tearing down one of our own.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lin-manuel-miranda-bows-to-the-woke-mob-again\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> this week, Lin-Manuel Miranda received criticism from people who said that the film adaptation of his \u201cIn The Heights\u201d stage musical did not include better representation of dark-skinned Afro-Latino people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Miranda posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lin_Manuel\/status\/1404565413116141570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1404565413116141570%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2021%2Ffilm%2Fnews%2Flin-manuel-miranda-in-the-heights-afro-latino-representation-1234996523%2F\"><span class=\"s1\">statement<\/span><\/a> to Twitter, saying, \u201cI started writing \u2018In the Heights\u2019 because I didn\u2019t feel seen. And over the past 20 years all I wanted was for us \u2014 ALL of us \u2014 to feel seen. I\u2019m seeing the discussion around Afro-Latino representation in our film this weekend and it is clear that many in our dark-skinned Afro-Latino community don\u2019t feel sufficiently represented within it, particularly among the leading roles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m truly sorry,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.1481481481481\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">-LMM <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CHfdLgFUz3\">pic.twitter.com\/CHfdLgFUz3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lin_Manuel\/status\/1404565413116141570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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