The film, set in a New York neighborhood known as the Little Dominican Republic, didn’t cast dark-skinned Latinos in lead roles. Our writers discuss how that absence reverberates.The film, set in a New York neighborhood known as the Little Dominican Republic, didn’t cast dark-skinned Latinos in lead roles. Our writers discuss how that absence reverberates.Read MoreBlack People, Race and Ethnicity, Movies, Hispanic-Americans, Dominican-Americans, Chu, Jon M (1979- ), Hudes, Quiara Alegria, Miranda, Lin-Manuel, Washington Heights (Manhattan, NY), In the Heights (Movie)
