Danni's Blog: A Nation of Immigrants

Let's talk about REPRESENTATION, baby. Let's talk about all the good things and the bad things that may be........

Samantha NoLastName. A senior in high school. First-generation American. Colombian parents with Colombian beliefs.
For the life of me, I cannot remember where (but here is something like it) (and an incredibly insightful study), but i read an article on the represenation of first gen kids. Its different when your paarent grew up in a completely different country, with different customs. Obviously, you take some of those customs but you grow up here and you adopt those as well. Then comes the day where you cannot really identify with one group. You are either too "gringa" or not "American" enough. You can relate to and identify with both (or all) cultures, but you're not completely accepted by either.
In 2 minutes I cannot convey this. I will try to have mise-en-scene elements that hint she is a daughter of immigrants but I doubt I can convey Identity issues.
New York Times and the University of Southern California (my old dream school:(! ) find that Latinxs are grossly underrepresented in Hollywood. Representation is how the media portrays a group of people. There are enough stereotypes about all minorities. Portraying this family in an accurately normal-ish manner would be beneficial.

Some of my favorite Latinx Actors