is a success,” he told the crowd. “But when you hear something like this, that there’s just been one male actor nominated for best drama series from our community, things have to change.”
“We need to infiltrate the places in this industry where decisions are made, and more than anything we need to quit waiting for other people to be our solution,” he said. “We need to solve this for ourselves.” “I’m of the mindset that I want to continue to do as Gloria has done and climb the ladder and gain a position of power so I can then make my own ecosystem,” said the star of the upcoming comedy thriller. “I’m not trying to change Hollywood. Hollywood has no interest in changing because if they did, white people would give up power. Latinos, we have positions, we do not have power. So if they have no interest in giving it up, fine. I’ll make my own studio; I’ll do my own shit.
“I would charge the Latino community here and in your communities and in your world at large to make room and space for us with different textures, different skin tones, different body types, who don’t speak full Spanish,” she said. “When we’re talking about ‘together,’ we have to look at the nuances of being Latino. We have to look at the whole entire umbrella, and we have to make room for us all.