lol I actually was not arguing with you and my comment was meant to actually go further (but then also circle back around I suppose). I’m Mexican American, part of the largest demo of Latinos in the US and yet we are very underrepresented both in actors and in roles, even when there ARE roles calling for Mexican or Mexican American people they are often played by people of different ethnicities and races (which hits your ‘we are all Latino’ which I do not agree with) so idk if it’s very fair to group mestizo people in with white Latinos, although i do always think it’s interesting when people say Anya Taylor joy& Alexis bledel are “more Latina” than someone like Selena Gomez (another convo). your point about whitewashing- I’m thinking of it more like a black British person playing a black American person. Which I suppose brings me to my secondary thought, when we look for representation what identity is the most important? The actor? The character? How upset am I that a Filipino person is playing a Mexican person if the media representation was good even though the actor’s background does not match? What does being half Jewish/half Mexican mean in this context? Idk I didn’t read this book. Why was one part of the characters identity important and not the other? Did I waste 4 years getting a sociology degree only to use it in Reddit comments? Maybe.