It's 2016 And Latino Representation On TV Is Finally Starting To Reflect Reality

It's 2016 And Latino Representation On TV Is Finally Starting To Reflect Reality

L atinos make up 17% of the U.S. population. They account for 32% of frequent moviegoers. But as Flavorwire put it bluntly last year, Hollywood made the same number of films about Latinos as they did about monkeys in 2015.

Hollywood's diversity problem is nothing new. (See #OscarsSoWhite: The Sequel.) According to Jessica Gonzalez, executive vice president of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, representation of Latinos in particular is lagging.

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