Eva Longoria criticized by Latino group for ‘exploiting’ community’s culture in new low rider movie
*Storytelling is an integral part of the U.S. Latino narrative. It’s important that Latinos own their stories and tell them in their own way, even though we don’t always agree on how the stories should be told. I’m interested in what you think. Is this type of objection and discussion constructive? Do we need more of it? VL
By Madalyn Medina, MySA
The untitled movie is described by Variety as “an inspirational youth culture movie set in the East Los Angeles world of low rider cars and street tagging.”
[pullquote][tweet_dis]“This is disrespectful and exploiting a deep wound that runs in our streets.” -Post about Eva Longoria’s new East LA movie[/tweet_dis][/pullquote]An East Los Angeles community, though, is not finding the film “inspirational.”
Eastside Café, an organization with a mission to “create a positive alternative to the negatives” to their “present situation,” has said the movie is “racist” and “perpetuates Latino stereotypes” in a Facebook post. The group also claims the movie set painted over a mural for a slain boy.
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[Photo courtesy of Eva Longoria Facebook]
